I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

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

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

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 lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.

I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.

You can do bigger and bigger things. For what?

You can do bigger and bigger things. For what?

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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'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.

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 think women are excellent social critics.

I think women are excellent social critics.

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.

I'm a real workaholic.

I'm a real workaholic.

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 fewer expectations you have, the better.

The fewer expectations you have, the 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...

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

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