“You get a few of them together and dont be surprised if pipes and drums appear out of nowhere. It is a sort of magic people believe in”

“[His] leaving had stabbed her heart. This organ was not inclined to forgive her for vulnerability.”

“Its about Nietzsches theory of universal debt. Your parents make it possible for you to believe a far better myth than Santa. They let you think that you, as a kid, dont owe the world a thing. The ...”

“Anyone who thinks traditional and modern interpretations of demons are frightening had better remember that real angels inspired awe because they were so ghastly. How we usually think of angel is a...”

“Though her body fit with his like a puzzle piece, his mind was an ever-shifting riddle she felt she could study her whole life and never fully solve. She spent the most time touching him, caressing...”

“His mind was a tapestry constantly weaving and unweaving with the dedication of Penelope for her Odysseus.”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“art is risk made visible”

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

“For those who have learned what suffering is early on, you have prepared ahead of the pack so that you can take care of the pack.”

“It remains for you to save one before saving others, to lead one before leading others.”

“I wasn't planning to lead, I was standing in the back and then everyone turned around.”

“I don't want costumes and makeup between me and the audience - I want more direct communication. There's something for me about being honest on stage, and I'm at my most honest when I'm behind a pi...”

“People have to learn that everybody is the same. If you wake up in the morning, even if you're a movie star, you look like everybody else. The reality is that makeup is there to help. That's what i...”

“The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.”