In America, the word art has become like the word adultery. It's this big scarlet letter. When you say you're an artist, people are like, "Ugh."

Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry.

I call myself a playmaker sometimes - but that's just a word. I don't feel like I have to have a title or a job description.

I lived in Indonesia for four years and I understand trance and magic and where it comes from.

I think we all see the world from our own little unique bubble.

I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.

You don't have to patronize your audience, and you can mix art and commerce in a profound way. You can simultaneously play to the sophisticated, 60-year-old theatergoers and to 4-year-olds.