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" If you have a word of encouragement, you can do anything. "

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" My love of performers is not really different than my love for painters. Everyone's really high-strung and trying to do the best they can. "

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" I'm one of those crazy people who have to write every day. Otherwise, I feel really sort of despondent, and it's because I don't feel very happy about not learning. "

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" I think writing is an act of remembrance, I think that Instagram is an act of remembrance, and I think curating a show is an act of memory, too. "

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