“Traveling anywhere in the world involves some risk. You could always o...” — Joe Haldeman Quote

Traveling anywhere in the world involves some risk. You could always opt to spend your life cowering under your bed.

It's fair to say that white America wouldn't have elected an African-American president without the integrating effect of black music - from Louis Armstrong to hip-hop - and black drama and fiction, commercial as much as 'serious.'

I suspect that war will become obsolete only when something worse supercedes it.

I don't think I would have written a combat novel if I had just had peacetime military training. I think, in fact, I probably would have remained a poet and just written a short story every now and then.

Yankee Stadium is a natural venue for another lesson: You won't succeed all the time. Even Ruth, Gehrig, and DiMaggio failed most of time when they stepped to the plate. Finding the right path in life, more often than not, involves some missteps.

I think any story line that involves a relationship is going to be interesting.

My daily regime involves a lot of yoga.

When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.

The act of writing a song involves a degree of letting go of yourself, and that's very much being a child.