Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like to improvise because I think it brings a certain freshness and a reality to it, as long as it doesn't go too far out of the box.

I think "quiet" sometime is a greater power than noise. It can harbor and reveal feelings that can't be expressed.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul.

Any time I saw people treated unfairly because of race, creed, whatever - it struck a nerve.

I try to avoid giving advice. The only advice I will give is to pay attention. I don't mean to the screen in your hand. I'm talking about the natural world. I spent a lot of time educating my children about nature by putting them in nature. I said, "I want you to listen; I want you to look." There's so much technology coming into our lives that takes us away from the natural stuff, so I'm pushing the other way.

I've been able to carve out spaces for myself. At Sundance, I'm in the mountains - my property is private. I get on a horse and ride for three, four hours. Sometimes five. I get lost. But when I'm in, I'm in.