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

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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...

You can do bigger and bigger things. For what?

You can do bigger and bigger things. For what?

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...

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 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.

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

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.

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

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...

My work is more about trying to ask good questions and not trying to come...

My work is more about trying to ask good questions and not trying to come...

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 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...

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'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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...