Art Is About Paying Attention.

I See And Write Things First As An Artist, Second As A Woman, And Third As A New Yorker. All Three Have Built-in Perspectives That Aren't Neutral.

. . . I Wrote A Letter To Thomas Pynchon Asking, Can I Have Your Permission To Try To Make An [adaptation] Of Your Book? And I Had No Idea That He Would Answer Me, Because He's Pretty Elusive. But He Did Send A Letter Back That Said, Yes, You Can Do That - As Long As The Only Instrument In The Opera Is A Banjo. I Thought, That's An Interesting Way Of Saying No.

Technology Is The Campfire Around Which We Tell Our Stories.

You Know, I Can See Two Tiny Pictures Of Myself And There's One In Each Of Your Eyes. And They're Doin' Everything I Do. Every Time I Light A Cigarette, They Light Up Theirs. I Take A Drink And I Look In And They're Drinkin' Too. It's Drivin' Me Crazy. It's Drivin' Me Nuts.

No Single Person Who Has Ever Lived Will Be Able To Tell You What Happens. Period. Nobody's Right And Nobody's Wrong.