I don't care about age very much. I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.

I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.

What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.

An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people.

Writers are always writing about infidelity. It's so dramatic. The wickedness of it, the secrecy, the complications, the finding that you thought you were one person but you're also this other person. The innocent life and the guilty life. My God, it's just full of stuff for a writer. I doubt it will ever go out of fashion.

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.

I've always enjoyed feeling a connection to the avant-garde, such as Dada and surrealism and pop art. The only thing the artist can do is be honest with themselves and make the art they want to make. That's what I've always done.

I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real guitar and drums, and sing. And I'm taking some college classes, hoping to major in English and creative writing.