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

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that aren't neutral.

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.

I really trust audiences as having excellent taste, for the most part.

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put into words.

When love is gone, there's always justice.

I just sort of wish people would dance differently. It reminds me of teenage sex.