I wanted to make a body of work that looked at what it felt like to be a boy going through adolescence.

I look upon youth in admiration and admire them for their curiosity about the world, their shape shifting, their ideas about the future.

In a sense the physical connectedness that you feel with your children as a mother changes as they become independent.

When I see my work in a gallery I often wonder how I got to this point. Sometimes the process of making the work feels like a blur, and I look at the work and wonder how I actually made it.

Sometimes I think that I stay young and in touch with contemporary culture because of my children's interests. I'm so lucky to be surrounded by their talent and vibrancy.

The transition into adulthood is so exciting and remarkable to witness as parent.

I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough - when they are on the very brink of success.

Why is the Rockefeller Commission so Single-Minded About a Lone Assassin in the Kennedy Case?.

If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three, four, five steps. That, to them, means they can walk.

I could eat black walnut all the time, it's not a flavor of the week!

In that case I will devote my life to beating my head against that wall.

The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for his creatures.

It' easy to find information on Google guru but that's not equal to gaining knowledge.

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.

Interviewing people is pretty natural for me.

Maybe all the secrets of life were written on the surface of leaves, waiting to be translated. If I touched them long enough, I might be given some information no one else had.