I don't think fatherhood's changed me so much as it's conjured protective instincts I've had all along.

Homosexuality is genetically hardwired but race and gender are only ideas. OK. Just trying to keep up.

My hatred is a thousand times more powerful than all your good intentions.

In contrast to how my father treated me, I won't hit him, I won't call him evil, I'll give him affection, and I'll pay attention to him.

You have to be careful because those feelings and bitterness can take over and consume in a bad way.

the fact that they stole their whole shtick from Woody Guthrie and the coal-mining bards. While the alternative nation meows about personal fashion angst, the Appalachian nation still sings about unemployment.

Most of those who spend their lives as critics secretly wish they'd be considered important enough for someone to bother criticizing them.