I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn't like me at all.

Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.

The artist as citizen is here to stay.

The audience is the barometer of the truth.

It's very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.

Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.