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" It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such a wild variety of crazy reasons. "

Laurie Anderson

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" I really like books that you can kind of hear as much as think about, that are so graphic and visual. "

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" My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said. "

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" When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi, Mom! "

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" I'm a real workaholic. "

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" Writers want to summarize: What does this mean? What did we learn from this? That's a very 19th-century way of thinking about art, because it assumes that it should make our lives better or teach us something. "

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" One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does not need another big multimedia show. "

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