In the past Berlin was much more radical and extreme and now it's becoming much more of a conventional European city.

I myself have already spent a third of my life in Germany, first in Cologne and then, since 1994, in Berlin.

It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums. Many of the artists, for example, exhibit around the world, just not in Berlin.

I was in Beijing a month ago working on the smoke project in collaboration with an architect there, and I was asked very directly whether it was safe to breathe in the smoke. They did not have confidence in the museum not to use harmful smoke, and they certainly didn't have confidence that the city would protect them from harmful smoke.

Friends in the Midwest often ask me what it's like to raise a family in Los Angeles. I say it's just like where they are, but warmer and with more traffic. I also tell them people here seem a bit more tolerant of those who are different.

Woody Allen - legally, ethically, personally - was absolutely a father in our family.

I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly.

The thing about my fridge is, it's a family fridge, so there's a little of something everybody likes in there.