I'm A Real Workaholic.

Art Can Be Engaged In The World Without Being Specifically Politically Engaged.

It's A Little Hard To Speak When You're Not Supposed To Move.

What Happens When You're In A Crash Is You Join A Crash Club, And You Talk Endlessly About Your Crash Because You Don't Want To Bore Your Friends With It. And They've Heard About The Crash So Many Times.

. . . 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 Realized Why Movie Scores Are Mostly Strings, Because It Really Frees Your Eyes To Look Around.