I think the same thing that can get somebody in prison is the same thing that could make them a really good writer. Impulse control. There’s no, 'Is this a bad convenience store to rob? Is this a bad sentence?' " —Lynda Barry
From "The Lynda Barry Interview"
It is significant when more stories are told in a country that are based on truth than there are true stories told, each worse than any fiction you have ever imagined.
From "Our Pol Pot"
Watching an entire village gather in a field in a southern province of Cambodia to celebrate, feed, and entertain trans women and an all-girl pro-labor and human rights musical group is so far beyond anything I have ever experienced in the American punk underground that I spend some time alone recalibrating what I mean by the word “awesome.”
From "The Messenger Band Tour Diary"
New York-based slave-making ants have been found to be far more aggressive than the others, even other slave-making ants that also live on the East Coast. Even ants of the same species. In fact, it is thought that when a New York-based slave-making ant moves to, say, West Virginia, it mellows out a little, begins to enjoy all it has worked for. You know.
From "25 Things We Can Learn From Slave-making Ants"
America KICKS ASS. Why? September 11th! Also: Check out this shiny belt! And look at this idiot we caught trying to cross the border, that we photographed tied to the underside of a car. He’s only 8! Confused? Now we’re shooting off fireworks! America!
From "Re-imagining the National Border Patrol Museum (and Gift Shop)"
