Latins are predisposed to thinking about the past. Catholicism has a lot to do with it because Catholicism is a contemplation of the past, of symbols that are supposed to be eternally present.

If you start believing all that press about you, you're in trouble. I don't even read my reviews.

I like to encourage young talented writers to try and help them get published and so forth, but that's all. That's the best I can do.

I enjoy listening to contemporary rock on the college stations while I'm taking long walks, love gospel and soul music, am fascinated by hip-hop and rap as the new kind of urban 'beat' poetry and, come to think of it, find something interesting about just any kind of music.

Most parents would not hesitate to assume responsibility for their child's behavior on a playground, at school, or in someone else's home. What happens online should be no different. Parents should talk with their children about computer ethics, stipulate rules of conduct, and - most importantly - establish consequences.

I think technology gives the illusion that you are connecting with people, social media particularly.

I don't think much about the digital world... because I am in the analog world!

The small visual inconvenience of e-books is made up for with find and search functions, and the fungibility of digital text.