People Who Are Sick, Or Who Have

Do You Want To Be An Artist So That The Whole World Will Look At You, Or Do You Want To Be An Artist Because You Would Like To Use Your Ability To Attract Attention, To Have The World See Itself Through You Differently?

People In Power Have To Be Careful About What Comes Out Of Their Mouth. They Have To Find Exactly The Right Word That Can't Be Attacked.

Many People Are Afraid To Talk About Race Because It's So Emotionally Loaded. We Don't Have The Vocabulary To Talk About It. Every Day, Our Vocabulary Seems More And More Inadequate.

Some People Study A Text Very Deeply. The People Are My Text. I Study Their Words And What Their Words Sound Like, Over And Over Again. When I Was A Kid, My Grandfather Said That "if You Say A Word Often Enough, It Becomes You." Thinking Of That Later In Life Gave Me This Idea That I Could Try To Become America By Learning The Words Of People From Many Aspects Of The Country. It Doesn't Matter How Educated They Are. By Living In The World And Living Their Experiences, They Bring Extraordinary Truths. I Try To Do Those Truths Justice.

I Think Some Of Our Most Talented People Are Not Going To Pick The Arts As A Way That They're Going To Spend Their Lives.