The idea that there is a rational truth out there that is not embodied in a person's politics is something I can't understand or subscribe to.

I am committed to the idea of information politics. That is how contemporary politics are played out.

There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.

This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.

I believe in a tongue-first exploration of the world. Food is our most immediate daily relationship to our ecosystem, and there is something delectable and intriguing about it.

I watch children a great deal; their idea is that rules are always negotiable, whereas you absolutely cannot joke at the airport about your toothpaste, and you cannot rollerblade in Grand Central Station. I keep running up against these things.