You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.

I never know when somebody's going to knock on the door of my own unconscious in a way that I wouldn't have anticipated.

Each person has a literature inside them.

I mean, I think a healthy country is a country where people are healthy physically, and a smart country is a country where people are educated.

I think some of our most talented people are not going to pick the arts as a way that they're going to spend their lives.

That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.

If I do three interviews in a day, I can be exhausted, because the process of hearing everyone requires that I empty out myself. While I'm listening, my own judgments and prejudices certainly come up. But I know I won't get anything unless I get those things out of the way.