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

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

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

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.

And indeed it could be said that once the faintest stirring of hope became possible, the dominion of plague was ended.

The Bible is a fountain of life, an instruction on how God want you to live a life on earth.

That sense of entitlement is precisely where we want them because the right to happiness is directly opposed to one of The Adversary’s greatest curatives —gratitude.

Not what hatches out is the face to the world.

Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the world and should be a source of pride.

When I'm designing I try to think about what I like to see on other people.

That's not a rat, that's my ferret.

Health care is very different from other sectors of the economy in several respects, one of which is the fact that the risk can be very high beyond people's ability. That leads to insurance.

There are no great fanfares for the truly great moments of your life. Just dripping taps and the sound of your own footsteps, walking from one room into another

So with the freestyles, I just do it for fun. If I hear something that I like, I'm rapping on it.