The Only Real Nation Is Humanity

I Know That To Write You Have To Have Stories You Want To Tell. You Have To Keep Your Mind Alive, And You Have To Work Hard.

The Goofiness Of Radicals Thinking They Have To Dress In Guatemalan Peasant Clothes. The Poor Don't Want You To Look Like Them. They Want You To Dress In A Suit And Go Get Them Food And Water. Comma.

I Never Planned On Doing A Book About Paul Farmer Or His Organization. I Met Him In Haiti When I Was On A Magazine Assignment. It's Almost Like His Story Sort Of Fell In My Lap.

You Can Write About Anything, And If You Write Well Enough, Even The Reader With No Intrinsic Interest In The Subject Will Become Involved.

Most Teachers Have Little Control Over School Policy Or Curriculum Or Choice Of Texts Or Special Placement Of Students, But Most Have A Great Deal Of Autonomy Inside The Classroom. To A Degree Shared By Only A Few Other Occupations, Such As Police Work, Public Education Rests Precariously On The Skill And Virtue Of The People At The Bottom Of The Institutional Pyramid.