There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They would come on at ten o'clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death.

I'm preparing for a multimedia theater piece, Airport Music, that's coming up in New York City.

Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer.

Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.

There is real beauty in my eyes when I lose my mind.

It's not just NYU. There are days when I feel like I'm stranded in some upscale mall in Pasadena. Don't even get me started on the insidious transformation of Bleecker Street!

I don't believe in sampling some Tibetan music just to make it sound groovy, but you do your homework, you understand what you're doing with it.