I never try to imagine the future. I kinda think it's a waste of time. I live in the now.

Like a lot of people, I had this naive hope that Barack Obama would fix everything quickly. You know, the culture of celebrity in this country leads us away from democratic ways of thinking and into this hero worship. And so of course, one man cannot swoop in and fix everything on his own. It's much more complicated and difficult than that, and progressives in this country since then have had to come to terms with the fact that we need to do more than actually get out of our house and vote. It's an ongoing process to turn the tide.

Every time I say something they find hard to hear, they chalk it up to my anger, and never to their own fear.

I cannot name this, I cannot explain this, and I really don't want to so just call me shameless.

The stronger I am in my personal life, the more energy I have to look outward, to address my society.

If you’re not angry, then you’re just stupid, you don’t care. How else can you react when something’s so unfair?

I used to be a superhero; no one could touch me, not even myself. You are like a phone booth I somehow stumbled into, and now look at me - I am just like everybody else.