With the artists, I don't teach, I coach. I can't tell them how to make art. I tell them to make more art. I tell them to get up early and stay up la….

The idea of political content is irrelevant. Content is irrelevant. I always tell my students, "Never forget you're writing words! You know, word one….

Even if one succeeds in making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, there remains the problem of what to do with a one-eared sow..

Gossip is the currency of the discourse, so you should shut up about yourself. Never confess, never explain, never apologize, and never complain..