The task of understanding the past is neverending.

Each year, I await with dread the federal government's catalog of endangered and threatened species in the Hawaiian Islands, where I was raised and where I live.

Women are completely disadvantaged - despite what men will say. It is not a fair fight.

Writing can't be taught.

Young writers reasonably say, 'I don't know what to write about,' so writing about yourself is a very literal way to begin.

The point always is to be writing something - it leads to more writing.