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

Learning is about much more than science and math. Doing theater, music, and art in school really helps children's minds grow because they're using different parts of their brains. Parents who care should insist on that.

I'm not going to spend two years on a film or four years on an opera if I don't feel like I can put my own self into it. That doesn't mean it has to be about myself.

Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to know for an artist.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

Some people become dullards, but as children we are all creative. It's in the programming, the socialization, that we lose our sense of play.

I believe that if you really have a strong idea, you can say, "What do you think? Let's see how my idea plays off yours."