I think people are foolish to believe that there won't be major social changes in this country before we possibly, ultimately, destroy ourselves...There's only so far you can push people before they start to push back, and I've seen that in my life. That's where the things I write about come from. It's wrong not to encourage people to hope or to dream or even to consider what's thought to be impossible. That's the only thing that keeps people alive sometimes. For me and my family, that was one of the only things that kept us going.