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

Last night, I had that dream again. I dreamt I had to take a test, in a Dairy Queen, on another planet.

I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.

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

I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be an artist - I'm happy to see the work.

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

. . . I wrote a letter to Thomas Pynchon asking, Can I have your permission to try to make an [adaptation] of your book? And I had no idea that he would answer me, because he's pretty elusive. But he did send a letter back that said, Yes, you can do that - as long as the only instrument in the opera is a banjo. I thought, That's an interesting way of saying No.