Discipline — both mental and physical — is crucial.

For me, first of all, I love people, I love ideas.

People who are sick, or who have been sick, or have come close to death have a lot to say - and they want you to hear it.

I would love to have been a documentary filmmaker; I just didn't have the resources to do that.

Confidence is the mark of a hopeful disposition.

Identity is an assemblage of constellations.

The individuals inside are frequently fighting that their individual voices be heard, while the walls of the place, which are the mask, and the perception, are reluctant to give over to the voices of the individuals. Those in the margins are always trying to get to the center, and those at the center, frequently in the name of tradition, are trying to keep the margins at a distance. Part of the identity of a place is the tension between those in the margins, and those in the center, and they all live behind the walls which wear the tradition.