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

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

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

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...

I'm a real workaholic.

I'm a real workaholic.

I'm not usually where I think I am. It's kind of spooky.

I'm not usually where I think I am. It's kind of spooky.

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...

One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does...

One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does...

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.

Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick is about someone who's looking for something so...

Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick is about someone who's looking for something so...

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...

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

If there are bases on the moon, that would be the end of the moon...

If there are bases on the moon, that would be the end of the moon...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Why do you have to translate and decode things? Just let the image be. It...

Why do you have to translate and decode things? Just let the image be. It...

I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.

I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told...

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told...

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...