I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the South is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes—a justifier of the most appalling barbarity…a shelter under…which the darkest, foulest, grossest, and most infernal deeds of slaveholders find the strongest protection
People say, 'Well don't you regret not having kids?' And I go, 'No, not really. ' And then if they keep asking, I always say this, 'Well, you know, maybe I'll adopt. ' But I don't mean that. It's just something I say to make me sound like a nicer person.