You Can Do Great Things With Low-tech

I See And Write Things First As An Artist, Second As A Woman, And Third As A New Yorker. All Three Have Built-in Perspectives That Aren't Neutral.

I Always Feel Like If Someone Has Stage Fright, I Really Try And Say, "listen, These People Want You To Succeed, They Want To Have A Good Evening. They Want To See Something Really Great. They Don't Want To See Something Crappy. They Don't. They Want To Be At Something Really Special."

Besides All Those Whaling Details, Moby Dick Is About Someone Who's Looking For Something So Huge, Something They've Wanted All Their Life, Yet They Know When They Find It, It Will Kill Them.

It's The Tradition Of American Writers Getting Away In Order To See The Country - To Get A Better View.

I Don't Care About Being Famous Or Having A Lot Of People Go, "she's Really Good."