People say, 'Well, why don't they get another job, why don't they pick themselves up by their bootstraps?' Well, the people that say that probably have the kind of jobs where they don't work that hard, so maybe they could have another job.

I love people, but I don't do so well in a system. We're poor, and we lead a very different kind of life. We depend on other people so much.

A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation.

People say I'm henpecked. Well, let them say it.

People say I manipulate the media. Well, duh. We live in a media culture, so why on earth wouldn't I?

Every time I think I know what's right and wrong, I end up being wrong. All I want to do is explore. I want to see what people would do. I say, 'What would this person do in this situation?' and I write it down. I'm not writing manifestos of my political views.