"The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage."

"If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best."

"I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it might actually be enlightenment. Insanity is sorta in the eye of the beholder."

"Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do, and you get screwed."

"It's great that New York has large spaces for art. But the enormous immaculate box has become a dated, even oppressive place. Many of these spaces were designed for sprawling installations, large paintings, and the Relational Aesthetics work of the past fifteen years."

"Two points that are very important points to remember and ask: Is it real and does it work?"

"From kings to groundlings, Shakespeare made his work profound for everybody. That is how it should be. There is no hierarchy in theatre. It makes everyone part of a collective."

"I don't think your personal life has anything to do with your professional life. They are separate things. Whatever is happening at home shouldn't be carried to work. Everyone has his/her own journey. Some revel in the fact that they derive that from personal contentment, and others draw it from extreme sorrow."