Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.

Art transcends politics this weekend.

I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.

Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.

I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.

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.