I'm interested in the female dom/male sub dynamic, and how superficially it can seem like a total reverse of gender roles and maybe even subversive or something.

I will be a commodity, and I will be in demand and valuable.

I started to wonder, and felt relieved that there might be truth to the idea of intellectuals all being frauds. I knew that I certainly was.

The pictures feel as essential to me as the text. I was always interested in including pictures with writing.

I think in general in my teens I had a lot of crushes on men on the Internet, most notably Momus since I was in my late teens. John Darnielle was also another big crush.

Being focused means been diligence and diligence always makes a person rich

It is easy for those who conflate religion with government to interpret any criticism of government or policy as an 'attack' on their 'faith'.

When life hands us a beutiful bouquet of flowers we stare at it in cautious expectation of a bee.

It is written that adversity introduces us to ourselves.

I've been half-frozen for so long, it is as though the winter has set up home in my marrow.

Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.

I'm probably one of the most co-dependent people around. That's why I made a movie about it, and I live it every day.

I don't freeze up because it isn't my battle. I'm helping. I'm watching. But I'm free. Because it's Ender's game.

Shakespeare is forever coming into our affairs -- putting in his oar, so to speak -- with some pat word or sentence.

Truth will come to sight; murder cannot be hid long.