The other side of reverence is loathing.
If the great Western experiment fails and we end up living in totalitarian war-on-terrorism states, one day someone's going to say, 'Well democracy doesn't work because they had to give it up'.
Art should help you to navigate the real challenges of being a human being.
Different is not wrong.
There's not a lesbian hero that everybody can relate to.
I want to live in a city where immigration is seen as a new source of strength.