I'm interested in utopian communities of the past. Many of them didn't survive and I'm examining closely the reasons they failed.

I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.

I am not a therapist. I am not a spiritual leader. These elements are in the art: it is therapeutic, spiritual, social and political - everything. It has many layers. But art has to have many layers. If it doesn't, then forget it.

I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own.

My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other.

Woody Allen has a wonderful line: 'Today I'm a star. What will I be tomorrow? A black hole?' That's very important to know - that you have the moment, then you lose the moment. You have to see your chances, you have to take them, and you also have to see when you don't have chances to take.