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In 1970, Americans Spent About $6 Billion On Fast Food; In 2000, They Spent More Than $110 Billion. Americans Now Spend More Money On Fast Food Than On Higher Education, Personal Computers, Computer Software, Or New Cars. They Spend More On Fast Food Than On Movies, Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Videos, And Recorded Music—combined.

I Find That One Of The Most Important Things, As A Writer, Is To Just Show Up - To Just Stay In The Chair And Fight Through The Difficult Patches. As Long As You're At The Desk, And You're Willing To Fight It Out, Eventually The Right Words Will Come.

One Might Expect That The Families Of Murder Victims Would Be Showered With Sympathy And Support, Embraced By Their Communities. But In Reality They Are Far More Likely To Feel Isolated, Fearful, And Ashamed, Overwhelmed By Grief And Guilt, Angry At The Criminal-justice System, And Shunned By Their Old Friends.

I Hate The Word "inevitable" Because I Feel Like Things Don't Have To Be The Way They Are.

The Way We Eat Has Changed More In The Last 50 Years Than In The Previous 10,000…. Now Our Food Is Coming From Enormous Assembly Lines Where The Animals And The Workers Are Being Abused, And The Food Has Become Much More Dangerous In Ways That Are Deliberately Hidden From Us. This Isn’t Just About What We’re Eating. It’s About What We’re Allowed To Say. What We’re Allowed To Know.