My Secret Dream Is To

Art Is About Paying Attention.

There Are Plenty Of Ways You Can Play The Game Of Fighting And Really Seem To Be Fighting Without Going For The Jugular.

. . . 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.

I Really Trust Audiences As Having Excellent Taste, For The Most Part.

I Know A Lot Of People Who Have Weird Specialties That Are Not Taught In Schools; They're Things That You Learn In Life.