All of nature talks to me - if I could just figure out what it's saying - trees are swinging in the breeze. They're talking to me. Insects are rubbing their legs together. They're all talking. They're talking to me.

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.

A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the word livewire.

My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.

Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.

As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring.