I thought 'The Hot Zone' was fascinating, mesmerizing. It's one of the things that got me interested in Ebola.
I've been keeping a diary for thirty-three years and write in it every morning. Most of it's just whining, but every so often there'll be something I can use later: a joke, a description, a quote. It's an invaluable aid when it comes to winning arguments. 'That's not what you said on February 3, 1996,' I'll say to someone.
You don't get as invested in someone in 90 minutes as you do over 13 hours of television show.
I do feel like a Clevelander. Every time, when people ask me, I automatically say, 'My home is Cleveland.'
I have a teaching job that allows me to pay the rent and affords me to, frankly, write the books I want to write.
As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.