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" I can be accused of being acerbic as a critic and writer. "

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" Some nights I lie awake at night thinking, 'What's going to stop someone from smashing a chair through my window and coming in the house at two in the morning?' It is very unnerving. It's a realistic scare, which is the worst kind of scare that you could have. "

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The Right Thing

" I think that most of the young officers I know are leftists and liberals and Democrats. And the reason is this: All of our soldiers, the men that work for us directly, are minorities - blacks or Latinos. And we empathize with them. Our job is to advise them and help them. "

" I admire how Tarantino finds music that's semifamiliar and not famous: undiscovered gems. "

" Most people with whom I talk, often quite educated, think the military is made up of knife-between-the-teeth grunts, uneducated robots without any kind of free will whatsoever - people who goose step to Republican philosophy and particularly the Bush cowboy mentality. "

" Finding out you're able to do something doesn't necessarily mean you want to do it. "

" Sometimes, anonymous sources, when merely stating opinions or running a smear campaign, are certainly cowards. "

" The First Amendment is the First Amendment for a reason - our most cherished right. But it often creates muddy and uncomfortable situations, ones that are the source of great drama and national self-reflection. "