"I always want to cross boundaries, whether they are genre boundaries or cultural boundaries."

"Monsters are often just misunderstood creatures, much like humans."

"To understand a culture, you must watch its films."

"I want the audience to feel uncomfortable, because that's when they start asking questions."

"If Monsieur X spent an eternity studying treatises on optics, he would never paint 'La Grande Jatte.'"

"Poetry uses the hub of a torque converter for a jello mold."

"I would like to do all kinds of things: photography and art and designing; I want to help do charity things for animals and things like that."

"The air that people breathe in many Chinese cities has become dangerously polluted. Their food supply is subject to constant contamination scandals. Now it appears that not merely stagnant ponds but the water people draw from deep underground is already tainted."