Lafayette saw himself as the protector of royalty; they [the king and his family] considered him its gaoler..

The climate is changing, and human activity contributes to that in some manner..

There are things that inform the works, but that doesn't go anywhere near what you're actually looking at..

I was trained as a straight dramatist..

Most great figures in world history are remembered for their compassion. [Martin Luther] King shared this trait with the Ghandis, Mother Teresas, and….

Dave Eggers is a prince among men when it comes to writing deeply felt, socially conscious books that meld reportage with fiction. While A Hologram f….

I love all of our subpodcasts..

The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship..

Kings should disdain to die, and only disappear..

I don't act to live. I live to act..

Never be shamed of being Afrikan.

I never dreamed I would do Westerns..

When the heart is hard and parched up, come upon me with a shower of mercy. When grace is lost from life, come with a burst of song. When tumultuous ….

'Who dares this pair of boots displace, Must meet Bombastes face to face.' Thus do I challenge the human race. Bombastes: So have I heard on Afric's ….

I've never not been famous..

Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings Sole com….

One day the 'Maple Leaf' will make me King of Ragtime Composers..

Poets are far rarer birds than kings..

Since bad men find the rule of kings no less burdensome than that of tyrants, the recognition of the right of private citizens to kill tyrants involv….

When you don't have a seat at the table, you're on the menu, my friend Lee Saunders has said, and he is correct..

All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world….