American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.

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Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not...

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all...

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all...

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director...

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director...

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget...

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget...

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write...

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write...

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as...

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as...

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...