I don't care about being famous or having a lot of people go, "She's really good."

Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.

Being an artist is a totally godlike thing to do - and I have a god complex.

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next. Books save lives.

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi, Mom!

Writers want to summarize: What does this mean? What did we learn from this? That's a very 19th-century way of thinking about art, because it assumes that it should make our lives better or teach us something.

I realized why movie scores are mostly strings, because it really frees your eyes to look around.