I had set about trying to make myself more polished than a country boy would be.

You don’t become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference.

The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don't like something.

The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage.

Co-opted convictions will always betray you.

While the word bisexual was technically correct, I would only slowly come to use it to refer to myself in part because of the derisive connotations. But, in addition, it would seem to me woefully inadequate and impressionistically inaccurate.

Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered.