"Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy."

"I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, 'Where's the art?' They weren't doing anything. And there was so much interesting stuff to do, so much fun to be had... maybe I could even quit renting."

"Any terrorism is an attack on libertarian values."

"People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans."

"When you live in an alcoholic family or an abusive family, you tiptoe, you don't want to step on any mines."

"I've always looked the same. Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday."

"It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding."

"The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother."