As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to America.

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People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get...

People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get...

A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using...

A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using...

I hate zoos.

I just sort of wish people would dance differently. It reminds me of teenage sex.

I just sort of wish people would dance differently. It reminds me of teenage sex.

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third...

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third...

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that...

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that...

It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such...

It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such...

I think women are excellent social critics.

I think women are excellent social critics.

When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When...

When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When...

My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing...

My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing...

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force....

I think a lot of people in Washington are extremely suspicious of NASA.

I think a lot of people in Washington are extremely suspicious of NASA.

Something that has so much power must have life. Instruments have life.

Something that has so much power must have life. Instruments have life.

As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.

As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.

It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to...

It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to...

The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole...

The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole...

The problem with prototypes is they don't always work.

The problem with prototypes is they don't always work.