To fly we have to have resistance.

My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.

war is not just a victory or loss ... People die.

I can't shout out, "Do this." I don't want to be prescriptive. I want to give you facts, and that's the way I've always operated, whether it's a historical fact or a scientific fact, and then you actually have to connect it in your brain.

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn't even occur to me that I would be an artist.

All my work is much more peaceful than I am.