If smart people are parodying it, that's a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it.

It's only in the finer points that it gets complicated and contentious, the inability to realize that no matter what our religion or gender or race or geographic background, we all have about 98 percent in common with each other.... For whatever reason, we like to focus on the 2 percent that's different, and most of the conflict in the world comes from that.

Be careful what you're doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be.

Teens wanted things that were real, that they connected with, it doesn't have to reflect reality directly. They love 'The Hunger Games' not because it's real in that it happens, but the emotions there are real, and it's very relatable.

Happiness is so rarely a part of my vocabulary, because for me it's so fleeting

How do you commemorate a year? A paper anniversary, but we are the words written down, not the paper.

luckily, tiny texts me every five minutes or so. i don't know how he does it without getting caught in class. maybe he hides the phone in the folds of his stomach or something.