People are quick to make monuments of anything they live long enough to control.

I think Northern California is the most beautiful place on earth. And I adore New Orleans, but there's something about the air in SF, for instance. It changes from moment to moment, like one's thoughts.

I think writing is an act of remembrance, I think that Instagram is an act of remembrance, and I think curating a show is an act of memory, too.

Inspiration takes many forms, but it's rarely pure.

I think you're not really teaching anyone unless you're learning yourself.

I really don't think we should dismiss a book because we feel messed about intellectually. Or emotionally. That's the writer's job!

I had to re-write "Philosophy" a lot. It was more obscure than what's in the book now, even! Some things I had to go back to and excise my former self, who was even more dense. I think you should teach whatever you want, Brian! That's the point of books like White Girls, to help free our thoughts!