"I was kind of a floater [in high school]. I got along with different types of people but I just was not cool, and definitely a late bloomer."

“I feel like my life has always been the 'Hey Look at Me Show.' I'm not apologetic about that.”

“From the dog's point of view, his master is an elongated and abnormally cunning dog.”

“We believe that faith is the cure that heals all troubles.”

Source : Paul Torday, Susan Howe (2008). “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”, p.144, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“I'm interested in dissecting the manipulative qualities that always come when you combine sound with images. We have seen this exploited to various degrees of shamelessness in recent history, and the way this works needs to be exposed.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“My music is very, very precise. It's very rigorous. The forms are much more intricate than you would imagine.”

“I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to write.”

Source : "All-star authors add stories to illustrator's vision". Interview with Christian DuChateau, www.cnn.com. November 11, 2011.

“Let`s choose each day and every day to keep an attitude of faith and joy and belief and compassion.”

“When you think about Boston, Harvard and M.I.T. are the brains of the city, and its soul might be Faneuil Hall or the State House or the Old Church. But I think the pulsing, pounding heart of Boston is Fenway Park.”