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

Art can be engaged in the world without being specifically politically engaged.

If you're a young artist, wondering what to call yourself, consider 'multimedia artist.' It's so vague. Then, no one can say, 'Hey, how come you're a jazz person, and you're making a pop opera?

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.

That's really a very different experience: You don't have to look to be understood. You're already understood.

I kind of didn't believe the doctors when they came over and they said you're not going to be able to walk again. I'm sorry to tell you this. I thought who is this guy? I just was so impatient with the whole thing. I knew I was going to walk again. I knew that I was going to do that.

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!