My father and his eight siblings grew up in the kind of poverty that Americans don't like to talk about unless a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina strikes, and then the conversation only lasts as long as the news cycle. His family squatted in shacks. The children scavenged for food.

Equal access to reading is fundamental to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I think some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.

Growing up in Georgia in the southeastern United States, I was always reading and always kept to myself. I never felt isolated, though; I just liked being alone.

I love puns. I've been known to turn the car around just to take advantage of a good pun situation. It really is the highest form of humor.