That's what you do in America: you smile at people you don't know and you smile at people you don't even like and you smile for no reason.

I am starting to talk fast now, and I have to remember to slow down because when I get excited, I start to sound like myself and my American accent goes away.

Running and chanting, the word change in the air like it's something you can grab and put in your mouth and sink your teeth into.

Because we were not in our country, we could not use our own languages, and so when we spoke our voices came out bruised.

And they had nothing, except of course memories, their own, and those passed down by their mothers and mothers' mothers. A nation's memory.

this place doesn't look like my America

You want Change, today we'll show you Change!Here's your democracy, your human rights, eat it, eat eat eat!

[Jesus Christ] used to have blue eyes but I painted them brown like mine and everybody’s, to make him normal.

...and the women spread their ntsaroz and sit on one side, the men on the other, like they are two different rivers that are not supposed to meet.

I am careful not to look anyone in the face because I don't want them to see the shame in my eyes, and I also don't want to see the laughter in theirs.

And so the spirits just gazed at us with eyes milked dry of care.

I've got something to live for, because I always wanted to be an artist; I always wanted to be famous.

Men who don't understand women fall into two groups: Bachelors and Husbands.

Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet.

Wisconsin's kids shouldn't be allowed to fail just because Washington is failing them.

If you double count some votes, that makes other votes disenfranchised.

With a sort of mental squint.

For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character. I love being able to see a character go through something and to learn.

For me my biggest inspiration is trying to make music that effects me as much as the music made by my heroes.

Bold simplicity is the keynote to good design.

From being a young kid I was always drawing and painting, usually stuff like private parts or bloody images but always with a comedy twist to it.