I Think It's This Congenital Problem With

A Great Deal Of What Is Presumed To Be Intractable Or Inevitable In This World Doesn't Strike Me That Way At All.

When I Pick A Story, I'm Very Much Aware Of The Larger Issues That It's Illuminating. But One Of The Things That I, As A Writer, Feel Strongly About Is That Nobody Is Representative. That's Just Narrative Nonsense. People May Be Part Of A Larger Story Or Structure Or Institution, But They're Still People. Making Them Representative Loses Sight Of That. Which Is Why A Lot Of Writing About Low-income People Makes Them Into Saints, Perfect In Their Suffering.

I Tell Allah I Love Him Immensely, Immensely. But I Tell Him I Cannot Be Better, Because Of How The World Is.

I Think It's This Congenital Problem With Journalism That We Oversell The Difference We Make. We Make Small Differences.

The Indian Criminal Justice System Was A Market Like Garbage, Abdul Now Understood. Innocence And Guilt Could Be Bought And Sold Like A Kilo Of Polyurethane Bags.