As americans I think it's harder for us to have a relationship with opera because the access to it is so limited.

I soon realized that I didn't have a great passion for academia and I didn't like sitting in front of the computer all day. I would much prefer to be a carpenter.

I like that there's very little mystery in how the artwork is actually made. It's the labor and the focus and the precision that drives it to the next level.

I have very simple tastes really. I like to ride my bicycle and I like to spend time upstate where it's quiet and I can take time to think and dream about new projects and possibilities.

I think that I the biggest thing that I need is more creative time. More time to make mistakes.

The biggest problem that I see that young artists have is they aren't willing to fail. And unless you fail a lot, I think it's difficult to find a voice that shouts above the crowds.

While I've lived in cities for most of my adult life, I really prefer the quiet, boring, mundanity of the country. It's the best place for me to work, think, and invent.

You can tell when women have a sensibility about, or a sense of bravery or a sense of understanding about their personal style that's outside of what you see from a magazine.

When you celebrate a person, you are celebrating the creator of that person

Whatever I haven’t accomplished biologically obviously wasn't all that imperative.

The prerequisites for being in the diplomatic corps are the ability to handle protocol alcohol and Geritol.

As actors we try to find different sides of ourselves.

Pantheism, seeing the natural world as divine, is a very different thing than seeing divine God present in all things

I believe in community policing.

My advice is flip a coin. If you regret the way it landed, then go with your gut.

We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.

Taeyang's [music] is like hamburgers. He'll produces various flavors while staying within the boundaries of them being hamburgers such as a chicken burger and shrimp burger.

If you are old and you wish to be young again, if only for a moment, try and identify a dragonfly.