I guess a witness is all I am. I think as a writer, you're pretty removed. Writing is a very selfish, individualistic pursuit. So in that sense I'm a witness because I'm not participating.

If you care about something enough, it’s going to make you cry. But you have to use it. Use your tears. Use your pain. Use your fear. Get mad. Arnold, get mad.

My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.

The ordinary can be like medicine.

I believe in any kid's ability to read any book and form their own judgements. It's the job of a parent to guide his/her child through the reading of every book imaginable. Censorship of any form punishes curiosity.

I don't think the revisionist historians are accurate. I think their agendas are clouded by selfishness and anger and rage.

I'm a poet who can whine in meter