Why Do You Have To

You Know, For Every Dollar A Man Makes A Woman Makes 63 Cents. Now, Fifty Years Ago That Was 62 Cents. So, With That Kind Of Luck, It’ll Be The Year 3,888 Before We Make A Buck.

. . . 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 Wanted To Impress People Because I Was Kind Of A Kid Who Was Lost In The Crowd - Was Sort Of My, Feeling About Childhood Was Being Part Of A Big Family.

That's Really A Very Different Experience: You Don't Have To Look To Be Understood. You're Already Understood.

I've Never Really Had A Hobby, Unless You Count Art, Which The Irs Once Told Me I Had To Declare As A Hobby Since I Hadn't Made Money With It.