And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.

When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.

'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.

I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.

I was a very sickly child. My parents were immigrants. They were not decorous. They were not discreet. They always thought I was gonna die.

There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready.

One of the beauties of being an artist is that you can create a whole new world, with circumstances that are better in your invented world than they are in the real world.