While we need to provide leadership and stability to the world, we should do that through diplomacy.

It's incumbent on all of us to remember our history and not repeat our past sins.

We're planting trees to break up the concrete jungle. We're building public transportation and affordable housing.

Recycling more plastics can help local businesses and expand jobs while supporting the goals of sustainability.

My generation was born to work with social media - it's a natural part of our communication with the world.

The technology we have available is not being used, and we don't have to tell stories in a line anymore. We can tell them in the shape of a tree. I can't stand to see it not happen, and I'm going to make it happen.

Science and technology are the keys to both our longevity and our demise. Our entire existence on this planet is a double-edged sword.

I enjoy thinking about how race plays out over the centuries, how technology evolves, how cities transform themselves. These subjects are present in some of my books and absent in others.