I'm obsessed with politics, and I talk about it any chance I can get. I have strong opinions about how the world should be run.

Once the pathological low self-esteem goes, that's when things go downhill.

I was on food stamps until I was 18 and became an adult.

By being vulnerable, either with yourself or in the presence of another person, that’s where all growth and ultimate well-being comes from.

We live in this culture where there are so many things that want us to pretend that we’re not truly human. That we can be exempt from the human condition, either through intelligence or accomplishment or success or humor. Bu biologically we’re all the same. We all get sad, we all get happy, and we all die. Anyone who pretends that that’s not the case is either a sociopath or utterly delusional.

I like tea and yoga, but I don't do yoga.

In 1991 I did an interview wherein I described myself as a 'teetotal Christian,' which was an exaggeration, although I do like tea and Christ.