Essays Are the Most Interesting Way to Read a Book

William D'Orisowitz: Essays are the most interesting way, I think, of reading a book of somebody you actually know. He says he thinks of a good person as someone who's consciously trying to be one. "I'm not weighing anybody on an absolute scale," Oreskes says. 'But when I see somebody who's really trying to be good and go like, okay, well, that's, that's what I can ask"