Hippy people had a hopeful idea of what they wanted the world to be like, then most of them changed into corporate Yuppies. But I still have that hippy thing underneath somewhere.

I'm the only nerd with a piece of paper.

As a teenager, you have so much energy and hormones and you feel powerless in your life.

In the United States we have more women in poverty than any other industrialized nation.

The United States has more women and girls in prison than any other industrialized nation on earth.

I was raised by somebody with the perception of trying to allow me the space and show me the importance of knowing who I was and figuring out who I was and appreciating who I was.

If somebody needs, like, a phone call every day or some kind of constant companionship, I'm not a really good friend for them. I can talk to my best friend every couple years and be really happy.