I think that it's the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more.

I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don't think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet.

It's nice coming to Nashville, and we have four-bedroom house and a dog, and we go swimming a lot. We get down here and spread out a lot, and I miss my sweet tea and my cornbread and my good southern cooking - but I'm down here eating pretty for two weeks and I'm ready to go back to New York City.

I got a feeling that when I have kids, I'm going to have a little girl, and she's going to be completely sensible.

My Ukrainian grandmother would tell amazing stories. She lost her father, and as children, we would always listen to her stories.

As a child I was paid 50p by my family to sing/mime or put on little shows. They probably pay me #50 now to stop!

I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.

My dad claims that he was able to trace us back to the West Virginia Hatfields. When I look at the old pictures, the patriarchs have kind of a physical likeness to some of the men on the father's side of my family. I want it to be true.