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

I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for children. It was called "The Package", and it was a mystery story in pictures. It had no words.

Don't be afraid of anyone. Imagine your life if you're not afraid of anyone.

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

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

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