"I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death."

"The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion."

"You would think that a country that goes to war allegedly to spread democracy would practice it in its own country."

"Very few people in prison have voices that go beyond the wall. It's my job to do the work for them because they have no one."

"No candidate can win a presidential race advocating gay marriage and opposing the military action in Iraq."

"I did a twenty foot print and John Cage is involved in that because he was the only person I knew in New York who had a car and who would be willing to do this."

"The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds."

"I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening."