Go Forth

“If you can just capture the humanity of the people of the stories you’re telling, you then get that much closer to your own humanity. And you can confront your bias and you can build your credibility and hone your instincts and compound your compassion. You can use your gifts, that’s what you’re really here to do, to illuminate the darkness in our world.” 

—Oprah Winfrey, media mogul and commencement speaker, Annenberg School of Journalism, University of Southern California, “Oprah to Graduates: Vote! Vote! Vote!” The Atlantic, May 2018.

• Editorial Note: Now, look under your seats . . .

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“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard