My dad is a workaholic so I take after him in this respect.

If people cannot be flawed in fiction there's no place left for us to be human.

When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.

Somewhere along the line we started misinterpreting the First Amendment and this idea of the freedom of speech the amendment grants us. We are free to speak as we choose without fear of prosecution or persecution, but we are not free to speak as we choose without consequence.

When I write on Twitter, I do other things: I'm working, grading, or reading, and I'm procrastinating, and I'll pop on Twitter and be like, "Hey, what's up? Yogurt's delicious."

People of color are not under any kind of obligation beyond working hard, doing their best, and learning from their mistakes.

The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive.