Feasting is also closely related to memory. We eat certain things in a particular way in order to remember who we are. Why else would you eat grits in Madison, New Jersey?

I think the audience is truly all ages: I don't put anything in there that kids can't see, or shouldn't see, but I have to keep it interesting for me as an adult

[We need] to nurture the entrepreneurial spirit and the tremendous untapped potential in our prisons.

Please understand the reason why Chinese vegetables taste so good. It is simple. The Chinese do not cook them, they just threaten them!

Walt Kelly was much more interested in allegory and politics, and I'm much more interested in metaphors and myth.

The design process, at its best, integrates the aspirations of art, science, and culture.

Smiley Bone: You can't feel safe unless there's something to be safe against! Phoney Bone: Exactly! People like to be victims! There's a certain unassailable moral superiority about it.