Sometimes you do have people who are great at curating; sometimes you have people curating who don't know what they're do.

We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time.

One good thing about being a woman is we haven't too many examples yet of what a genius looks like. It could be me.

There are times when things are clear in your head and your heart and everything comes all aligned and it's easy and it just feels good to do something. But most of the time it's not like that. Most of the time there's conflict between your head and your heart.

When I'm editing, I try to bring out some dramatic structure. I think it is about theater in some way; it is a little play.

I studied art history and philosophy and took economics and political science classes. I just took whatever I wanted and I didn't worry about grades and I read and learned a lot, and I didn't have much of a social life, so it was deeply absorbing.

There was not an awareness of pop culture in the household. There was a lot of respect for working hard, and for intellectual and professional achievement.