I Think Women Are Excellent Social Critics.

Art Is About Paying Attention.

. . . I Wrote A Letter To Thomas Pynchon Asking, Can I Have Your Permission To Try To Make An [adaptation] Of Your Book? And I Had No Idea That He Would Answer Me, Because He's Pretty Elusive. But He Did Send A Letter Back That Said, Yes, You Can Do That - As Long As The Only Instrument In The Opera Is A Banjo. I Thought, That's An Interesting Way Of Saying No.

The Fewer Expectations You Have, The Better.

I Am A New Yorker, One; I'm An Artist, Two; I'm A Woman, Three.

Shining In The Midnight Moonlight, While The King Sings Love Me Tender.