Patti, did art get us?' I looked away, not really wanting to think about it. 'I don't know, Robert. I don't know.' Perhaps it did, but no one could regret that. Only a fool would regret being had by art; or a saint.

I felt alien my whole life but I didn't feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my gender.

If you don't have what you need, just rock with what you've got!

I don't feel that censorship keeps me from doing the work, though. I'm my bigger censor.

I always know that everything I do is the best I could do.

People need space to air out their thoughts, to have a sense of themselves - unfettered by anything.

I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are more sturdy than others... I don't think any one faction can be blamed for a person's self destruction - a certain amount of that has to be innate.