My biggest fear is losing memory because memory is what we are. Your very soul and your very reason to be alive is tied up in memory.

I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way.

I've watched 'Oprah Winfrey.' And I'm proud. I don't care what anybody says! I don't know whether I've watched it. I've been in the room while it's been on.

God has matured. He is not the impulsive, bowelless being of the Testaments - the vehement glorymonger, with His bag of cheap carny tricks and his booming voice - the fiery huckster with his burning bushes and his wonder wands. Nowadays God knows what He wants and He knows who He wants.

We are still struggling with people who don't feel comfortable going into museums. As a visual artist I ask how artists can be part of enacting a change.

No wonder sorrow doesn’t smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad.

The more information you have, the more human our heroes become and consequently the less mysterious and godlike. They need to be godlike.