I had set about trying to make myself more polished than a country boy would be.

Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it radiates from you, lighting the way for all those who see you.

You don’t become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference.

There can be moments in your life where you may feel attracted to someone depending on circumstance, depending on the person of one gender or another, and sometimes where that is less of an influence in your life.

The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don't like something.

Look at it this way: this administration is taking unprecedented steps to make sure that the government's secrets remain private while simultaneously invading the privacy of its citizens... Many innocents must be violated so that a few guilty people can be stopped. It's a digital stop-and-frisk.

The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage.

Different is not deviant, no matter what the world may say. You have the moral obligation to love yourself.

Co-opted convictions will always betray you.

An illustration is a visual editorial - its just as nuanced. Everything that goes into it is a call you make: every color, every line weight, every angle.

Now you have to decide whether or not you want to be part of the bigotry that is Donald Trump. You have to decide whether you want to be part of the sexism and misogyny that is Donald Trump.

Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered.