war is not just a victory or loss ... People die.

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.

What I know of the divine science and holy scripture, I learnt in the woods and fields.

Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being.

It's the irrational things that interest me.

A common language is the most obvious binding element in any society.

Every effort under compulsion demands a sacrifice of energy. I never paid such a price.

Honestly, it was pretty challenging working with a talking raccoon.

One of the characteristics of successful scientists is having courage.

I like books that are exciting and that make you think about things, as well.

When choosing sexual partners, remember: Talent is not sexually transmittable.

That blood which thou hast spill'd, should join you closely in an eternal bond.