So for everything I do, I'm very clear about what I'm doing, and I tell people what it's about. They get a sense of what I'm thinking. I don't let people think I'm going to write something in praise in the meatpacking industry, and then they read it and it's actually attacking the meatpacking industry.

When you go into a fast food restaurant, you may just think about how good your meal tastes while you're eating it. But you're not thinking about all the consequences that come from that one purchase - the consequences for your body, the consequences for supporting this company and how it's treating it workers, all the way back to the farm where the potatoes were grown, or the ranch where the cattle were raised.

Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But thats where an interesting conversation begins.

I went into the library and read about fast food and became amazed by all the stuff I didn't know. I learned that there is a whole world behind the counter that, it seemed to me, has been deliberately hidden from the public.

By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.

I think for real change to happen, it's going to have to come from the kids, the community, the teachers, the parents.

If the market does indeed embody the sum of all human wishes, then the secret ones are just as important as the ones that are openly displayed.