Fortunately, when we have all our marbles, we can shift our memories very quickly.

When I graduated from high school, this is in Los Angeles, I was very interested in taking a trip to Mexico to see the archeological sites. So three other people and myself drove down there.

Mexico doesn't seem alien to Californians.

I have lots of objects. Every object has a story, which makes me think I should write a story about every object.

The cultures of the Americas were extremely complex and interesting, with their own languages and observatories to watch the stars. The more you know about them the more you realize how extremely impressive they were. Bloodthirsty, though, I think they were as well.

I've always liked New York even before I lived in New York. It represents something, I think, and it would be trite to say what it represents really because it's been said so many times.

I did live in Paris for three years and I prefer New York.