I always say your body is the temple of your spirit, why not decorate it? My kids say, no, no, your body is the temple of your spirit, keep it clean. I'm covered in tattoos and I get a tattoo every time I write a book. I get the tattoo from the book.

Teaching has always been, for me, linked to issues of social justice. I've never considered it a neutral or passive profession.

Terrorists destroy randomly.

I went underground. So I didn't see [my father] for 11 years. So that was pretty traumatic time for my parents for sure.

Something about the fact that an African American had, given the long sad history of our country, now become President - that was exhilarating.

The massive anti-war movement, which I was a part of and which was a major part of my life, never stopped the war in Vietnam.

I'm different in the sense that every minute of every day, I change. I'm thinking. But the basic principles that have powered me forward are still there. They're not different.