My heart is so heavy when I see the reality of the Indian reservation and as an American, I know I am, too, responsible.

Each of us has a responsibility for being alive: one responsibility to creation, of which we are a part, another to the creator a debt we repay by trying to extend our areas of comprehension.

Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.

I try to live what I consider a "poetic existence." That means I take responsibility for the air I breathe and the space I take up. I try to be immediate, to be totally present for all my work.

Dare to let your dreams reach beyond you...

All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike.

Intelligence always had a pornographic influence on me.