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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Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

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...

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...

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

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.

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...

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...

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...

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence...

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence...

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female...

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female...

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.

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 come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical...

Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...