As A New Yorker, I'm

I Wanted To Stay Hooked Because It Was The First Time I've Been Part Of The Tradition Where Forgetting Was Just Fine. You Do It, You Try, You Forget, You Fail.

Don't Be Afraid Of Anyone. Imagine Your Life If You're Not Afraid Of Anyone.

I Genuinely Have Never Been In An Audience Where Most People Want That Person To Fail. I've Never Been In An Audience Like That, And I've Never Seen It As A Performer. Only In My Dreams, In Which Case They Are Always Throwing Tomatoes And Going, "this Is The Most Boring Thing I've Ever Seen."

When Love Is Gone, There's Always Justice.

. . . 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.