He said most American writers and readers were "still afraid of any literature which is not a glorification of everything American, a glorification of our faults as well as our virtues."

VOA: special.2009.03.13

"They have been very nice and everything has been well organized.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

"In view of the Macondo well and everything that has happened...

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

The pushers have as well. And my coaches have done everything they can to get me here and I just had to perform and execute the way that I do, and we did."

VOA: standard.2010.02.28