Elie Wiesel says that the greatest evil in the world is not anger or hatred, but indifference. If that is true, then the opposite is also true: that the greatest love we can show our children is the attention we pay them, the time we take for them. Maybe we serve children the best simply by noticing them.

The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion.

Conventional wisdom would have one believe.

The United States is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth

Do you see law and order? There is nothing but disorder, and instead of law there is the illusion of security. It is an illusion because it is built on a long history of injustices: racism, criminality, and the genocide of millions. Many people say it is insane to resist the system, but actually, it is insane not to.

I have learned not to do predictions. It's not helpful, psychologically. I don't sit and fret about things.

I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death.