Equality is a nice idea, but it's entirely impossible to prove.

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

As I view it, spending over two years in a cage is far worse than having your face pounded and dealing with a black eye for a week or two.

I'll hit anyone who's seriously threatening my life... that's what happened, and that's what sent me to prison.

There were people whom I considered friends or loved ones who either abandoned me or betrayed me in ways I'd never have suspected. But there were others who had been barely acquaintances of mine whose loyalty and efforts on my behalf made me realize that not everyone was as inherently rotten as I'd previously believed. So it caused a violent split in my view of humanity - people turned out to be far worse and far better than I'd ever dreamed possible.

The idea that the reader is important enough to me that I'd tailor my words to either please or offend them always seems amusingly alien to me.

Beware of anyone who calls you bad names merely for asking honest questions. Beware of anyone who insists on reframing your sincere curiosity as a character defect. Beware of anyone who questions your motives while ignoring your facts. When someone calls you bad names merely for asking questions, it suggests they know the answer but are terrified to admit it.