Schooling, instead of encouraging the asking of questions, too often discourages it."

It is the ability to choose which makes us human.

"I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius, or something very small, comes to the artist and says, "Here I am. Enflesh me. Give birth to me.""

That's the way things come clear. All of the sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand."