We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.

Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it's not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you.

A lot of my works deal with a passage, which is about time. I don't see anything that I do as a static object in space. It has to exist as a journey in time.

I probably have fundamentally antisocial tendencies. I never took one extracurricular activity. I just failed utterly at that level. Part of me still rebels against that.

To fly we have to have resistance.

An artist fights to retain the integrity of a work so that it remains a strong, clear vision. Art is and should be the act of an individual willing to say something new, something not quite familiar.

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings.

You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it.

I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world.

OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the opposition in that sense hurt me.

If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least 10 times.

The spirit seeks the spirit just as matter seeks matter.

As desire abates, generosity is born. When we are connected and present, what else is there to do but give?

Whenever I find my will to live becoming too strong, I read Peter Watts

I try to be like a sponge when I'm around other actors, picking things up about the way they work and how they do things.

Against great advantages in another, there are no means of defending ourselves except love.

Pele wasn't as gifted as George Best and I would definitely put George above Johan Cruyff because he had more heart.

May all of your cards be live and may all of your pots be monsters.

FACTS Fact #1 Mean people suck. Fact #2 Bad things happen to good people. Fact #3 Good doesn’t always prevail over evil.

If I see MS Dhoni coming to bat at number 4, I will be the happiest person on earth