The more I learn about stuff the more conscious I become of grave gaps in my knowledge.

Over the past 40 years, the tradition of Southern progressivism has been somewhat successfully erased by right-wing revisionist historians.

When you punish a person for dreaming his dream, don't expect him to thank or forgive you.

Normal adult shopping is something I will never actually do, because it's no more possible for me to go shopping like normal adults do than it is for a man with no legs to wake up one day and walk. I can't miss shopping like you'd miss things you once had. I miss it in a different way. I miss it like you would miss a train.

I always want to try and see what the appeal is in anything. It's the healthiest and most honest approach.

I just started going to shows. I don't know how submerged I am: I feel guilty that I don't get out more, but I really like being inside the house.

You're not really going to know what a place is like 'til you've lived there a few years - you sort of just have to go with your gut.