“In 1996, Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' was removed from classrooms aft...” — Richard LaGravenese Quote

“In 1996, Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' was removed from classrooms after a school board passed a 'prohibition of alternative lifestyle instruction' act. Apparently, a young female character disguised as a boy was a danger to the youth of Merrimack, New Hampshire.”

“My dad was a presence, of course, but he worked nights a lot, and I would only see him one day a week.”

“I'm not really a believer in romantic, happily-ever-after love stories.”

“India is a reservoir of alternative interpretations of what the global is, and these ways of viewing the world need to be exposed.”

“England has a long history of supporting alternative medicine - maybe it's because they don't have such a strong pharmaceutical industry in England, and homeopathy has been taught and promoted there for hundreds of years.”

“I wasn't, you know, Mr. Popular. I was somewhere in the middle ground. I was quite alternative, the things I liked to do. Skateboarding, at the time. Playing in a band as opposed to playing in the rugby team. You know, that kind of thing.”