This was absolutely terrifying for a few minutes.

We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way in stopping the horror and the brutality.

If all material were transparent—the ground that supports us, the envelope that sheathes our body—everything would be seen not as a fluttering of impalpable wings but as an inferno of grinding and ingesting. Perhaps at this moment a god of the nether world situated in the center of the earth with his eye that can pierce granite is watching us from below, following the cycle of living and dying, the lacerated victims dissolving in the bellies of their devourers, until they, in their turn, are swallowed by another belly.

It was absolutely terrifying, actually. Seeing the events broadcast made it completely surreal and detached me from the event. It became this television show I was inextricably linked to. It was no longer my situation, it was broadcast for everyone to see. It only exacerbated the situation and my fear.

We are one of the richest countries in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live in poverty.

If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be.