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

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Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a...

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a...

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

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

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.

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...

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

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...

I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work...

I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work...

I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be...

I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be...

I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for...

I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for...

I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind...

I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind...

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.

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....

People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot...

People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot...

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...

Writers want to summarize: What does this mean? What did we learn from this? That's...

Writers want to summarize: What does this mean? What did we learn from this? That's...

The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even...

The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even...

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...

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 really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about,...

I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about,...

A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less...

A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less...