I didn't really have anyone in particular who inspired me or that I found fascinating as a kid. It wasn't until I was in my early twenties that I began to find people - and they were all historic figures - that I began to relate to and find some inspiration in.

I prefer a painful truth over any blissful fantasy.

I don't think that I'm embracing any kind of leadership for transparency or trans advocacy.

I really don't care how I am perceived by people on the outside.

I don't believe that Freedom of Information laws, which have arbitrary time periods or broad blanket exemptions, meet the level of transparency that society needs today.

It can be so difficult to get people to think about systemic institutional problems. It is easier just to see the actions of one or two people and say, "That's wrong!"

Sometimes You Have to Pay a Heavy Price to Live in a Free Society