On the one hand, the reality is dire, on the other, reality is always false, it is a mask covering what is coming up underneath.

There is a direct connection between violence against the Earth and violence against women.

Where do you begin telling someone their world is not the only one?

My activism has to do with my conscience; I cannot let certain things slide without doing something. My public speaking is part of an art form that is cultural.

Those who look behind will never see beyond.

God's justice is always perfect.

Mom let go of us and leaned back so she could look us both in the eye. “No more spending the night in the tree fort, you two.

Today she is the lady of death, which I believe is the best muse to have.

I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?

I'm not good," he said, piercing me with eyes that absorbed all light but reflected none, "but I was worse.

I have so many people come up to me, 20-some years later, and saying, "I loved you in Jawbreaker!".

When you look back at the older cartoons, they're very much more observational cartoons. And the cartoon, the people in the cartoons are not making the joke.

I think that what my parents taught me about hard work, optimism and education still holds true.

Improvement usually means doing something that we have never done before.