Under the skin, intense fires burn.

Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.

We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on.

Gina always believed there was magic in the world. "But it doesn't work in the way it does in fairy tales," she told me. "It doesn't save us. We have to save ourselves.

The best artists know what to leave out.

Writing music uses a whole different process that involves a lot of noodling and just seeing what comes.

I want to be magic. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to be a friend of elves and live in a tree. Or under a hill. I want to marry a moonbeam and hear the stars sing. I don't want to pretend at magic anymore. I want to be magic.