The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.

I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty.

I was trying to find out what it was that everybody else understood without giving up my stubborn and hard-won lack of understanding.

I wanted to be an inventor, whatever I thought that meant then. I guess I was thinking of Edison or maybe James Watt. Or maybe even Newton.

Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.

My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It's hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do.