So what are we given? We're also given, my generation, the disillusionment of our parents.

On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers.

Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.

I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.

In the end only kindness matters.

I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on all day long.

Live your life with love and bravery and you shall lead a life uncommon.

I consider myself a product of Alaska. The love and the debt that I feel to my home state, you always want your hometown to be the proudest of you.

I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.

Reality is what you believe it to be. It's what you put your thought and energy into, because your hands physically manifest thought. So your world becomes what you feel and what you think.

I don't see the world unless I see it in ink.

The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them.

Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?

Our senses are indeed our doors and windows on this world, in a very real sense the key to the unlocking of meaning and the wellspring of creativity.

There's practical political considerations obviously, but there's also these broader themes, which is like, I don't want to be the manager of the Middle East.

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman.

Facts always are sensational.

There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn't a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.

I have a large sea shell collection which I keep scattered on beaches all over the world. Maybe you've seen it.

When I get on a roll with something, it's really hard for me to put it down unfinished.