I think they were scared of me because I was different. I've always asked, 'Why? Why do I have to do that? Why do I have to look this way? Why do I have to dress this way? Why do I have to behave this way?'

I don't affiliate myself with any specific religious group. I connect to different ritualistic aspects of different belief systems, and I see the connecting thread between all religious beliefs.

I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive.

Education is not a luxury, it is a basic human right.

I laugh at myself. I don't take myself completely seriously. I think that's another quality that people have to hold on to... you have to laugh, especially at yourself.

For me, it's all about being in a tiny room with little windows. It's almost like you have to be in a prison.

If I'm smart then I'll run away, but I'm not so I guess I'll stay