Identity Is An Assemblage Of Constellations.

I Happen To Be A Hopeaholic. I Tend To Look At Problems As An Opportunity To Do Some Work.

People In Power Have To Be Careful About What Comes Out Of Their Mouth. They Have To Find Exactly The Right Word That Can't Be Attacked.

Commit To Finding The True Nature Of Art. Go For That Thing No One Can Teach You.

We Who Are In The Arts Are At The Risk Of Being In A Popularity Contest Rather Than A Profession. If That Fact Causes You Despair . . . Pick Another Profession. Your Desire To Communicate Must Be Bigger Than Your Relationship With The Chaotic And Unfair Realities . . . We Have To Create Our Own Standards Of Discipline.

People Realize That We're Very Good At Sending People To War, But We're Not Good At Taking Care Of Them. And People Are Coming Back From War Now; Years Ago, They Would Have Been Killed, Now They're Wounded; And They're Coming Back Alive And With Post-traumatic Stress. So, I Think Americans Are Sensible Enough To Know We've Got To Figure Out A Way To Take Care Of Them.