It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous.

I don't want to sound like a heroic woman or to seem full of myself, but I do have a core of trust that I'll figure things out and find my way. And if whatever I try is not a good experience, even that is a good experience. If something turns out lousy, it's interesting.

You have to stop yourself from even thinking about failing.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

You know, I went to Oberlin. At that time, grades were - you elected to have them or not. It was all of that era where grades were out the window. But I did very well in school. I didn't really study the arts; I practiced the arts.

In a way, artists are shamans, facilitators who take what's there, channel it through themselves, then put it out there for people to appreciate.

An artist is an entertainer, number one - a storyteller who takes people someplace, who gives them what they didn't know they wanted.