I am a New Yorker, one; I'm an artist, two; I'm a woman, three.

Long live the beauty that comes down and through and onto all of us.

Audiences, whether they're seeing a film or a reading or whatever it is, a concert, they decide very quickly what kind of show it is, and then they judge it. They judge the rest of the thing by whether it conforms to their rules for what a good symphony orchestra would be.

I think illusion is one of the most interesting things that I've found to think about. Just look at yesterday, and what you were doing, and how important it was, and how nonexistent it is now! How dreamlike it is! Same thing with tomorrow. So where are we living?

It's a little hard to speak when you're not supposed to move.

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

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.