I walked down the hall and saw that [she] was sitting on the floor next to a chair. This is always a bad sign. It's a slippery slope, and it's best just to sit in chairs, to eat when hungry, to sleep and rise and work. But we have all been there. Chairs are for people, and you're not sure if you are one.

We don't really believe in mowing the lawn; we do it only to avoid unnecessary engagement with the neighbors.

That's the artist's job, really: continually setting yourself free, and giving yourself new options and new ways of thinking about things.

Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.

What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.

I knew the beginning and the end – I just had to dream up a convincing middle.

Narrative and characters have always interested me. I never tried to alienate an audience. Of course, gradually, I wanted a bigger and bigger space to draw people in, so it's very organic [growth].