Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of genetic manipulation, nature versus nurture, what constitutes how people get to be how they are.

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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.

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.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

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...

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...

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 think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

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...

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.

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...

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...

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the...

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...