Everything in Louisiana is about layers. There are layers of race, layers of class, layers of survival, layers of death, and layers of rebirth. To live with these layers is to be a true Louisianian. This state has a depth that is simultaneously beyond words and yet as natural as breathing. How can a place be both other-worldly and completely pedestrian is beyond me; however, Louisiana manages to do it. Louisiana is spooky that way.

When you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you.

Some people are saying, Justin Bieber is racist. Is he? I dont know.

You weigh how much you should criticize the President because hes black.

You know, there are ways not to perform oral sex if you didn't want to do it.

Regret is not an apology. I regret that I ran the stop sign, right, but, yeah, I'm not sorry for what I speaking. I regret that because I got a ticket. You can regret things and still not be sorry for them.

There's a degree of deception in silence.