I went to my first dinosaur hall with my father and twin brother. We went to the American Museum of Natural History, and I was blown away by the dinosaurs.

I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect.

I wonder if we are seeing a return to the object in the science-based museum. Since any visitor can go to a film like Jurassic Park and see dinosaurs reawakened more graphically than any museum could emulate, maybe a museum should be the place to have an encounter with the bony truth. Maybe some children have overdosed on simulations on their computers at home and just want to see something solid--a fact of life.

I can be so blown away by story lines.

Natural history is not about producing fables.

Most people are blown away by the fact that Beck is Jewish... and Billy Joel. I didn't know he was Jewish.