Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

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.

I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.

I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.

Art transcends politics this weekend.

Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.

progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.