If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light.

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

I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.

I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up.

Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it's not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you.

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

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.