I found that the loudest fans in the world are in Istanbul.

We, the great American nation, decided that we've got 138 military bases around the world and we've now figured out that we can buy these drones from the Israelis, and we've decided that the way to proceed is to use this new technology to go and kill anybody that we don't like or who disagrees with us or who we might perceive as making an existential threat.

Envy is the bond between the hopeful and the damned

...why is an artist an artist? Artists simply do feel and see things in a different way to other people. In a way it's a blessing, but it can also be a terrible curse. There's a great deal of satisfaction to be earned from it but often it's also a terrible burden.

In the finished article, the only thing that is important is whether it moves you or not. There is nothing else that is important at all.

I found that the loudest fans in the world are in Istanbul.

By the cold and religious we were taken in hand - shown how to feel good; and told to feel bad.