Critics are notoriously liberal with their use of the term 'genius'.

My main area of activism is the death penalty, and it will continue to be once this crisis is over with.

The creative core of New York has never been native New Yorkers; it's people from all over the world.

You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy.

You know I ain't never prayed before 'Cause it always seemed to me That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord, I don't take no charity.

We're Americans. I don't consider us to be evil, I just don't think we know any better. We're a really young culture. We're hillbillies, and the rest of the world sees us that way. I travel all over the world, and probably the only worse rednecks than us are the Australians. And they're an even younger country.

It's incredibly irresponsible to allow victims' family members to witness executions.