Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. This painting here. I bought it 10 years ago for 60 thousand dollars. I could sell it today for 600. The illusion has become real and the more real it becomes, the more desperately they want it.

I'm trying to understand my life. The one that I've experienced.

I'd rather get past the tyranny of now, where you get judged for something based on what's happening at the moment.

I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.

I suppose in our culture - in our lifetime - we've always enjoyed people who tell it straight. We like our presidents, our comedians, and our actors to do that . . . It's funny. You say that people prefer a tasteful formalism - as opposed to an oppressive formalism - but I do feel very strongly that form follows function.

What needs to happen is more of a global understanding, and I believe the United States can work as a global partner and not be the hegemon.

I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious.