It was just an idea I had, that it could be cool to have a book covered in fake fur.

I always like the idea of doing interviews with somebody but completely seriously not ever mentioning what that person is generally known for.

I have no idea how people function without near-constant internal chaos. I'd lose my mind.

GOD: I own you like I own the caves. THE OCEAN: Not a chance. No comparison. GOD: I made you. I could tame you. THE OCEAN: At one time, maybe. But not now. GOD: I will come to you, freeze you, break you. THE OCEAN: I will spread myself like wings. I am a billion tiny feathers. You have no idea what's happened to me.

The idea of 'Voice of Witness' is to let survivors and witnesses of human-rights abuses tell their story at length. It started with a course that I co-taught at U.C. Berkeley journalism school back in 2003.