Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick is about someone who's looking for something so huge, something they've wanted all their life, yet they know when they find it, it will kill them.

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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...

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...

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.

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...

My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people.

My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-drawing to other people.

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....

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...

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...

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 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,...

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

You can do great things with low-tech stuff.

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 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...

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'm a real workaholic.

I'm a real workaholic.

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've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.

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

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...

At the School of Visual Arts in New York, you can get your degree in...

At the School of Visual Arts in New York, you can get your degree in...

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...