"All great experience has a guarded entrance and a windowless facade."

“You're not just looking for laughs, but you're trying to do the characters first, and then the laughs come afterwards.”

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“Sound: always in a state of emergence or decay”

“Creativity means believing you have greatness.”

“Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself.”

“I'm an adequatist! I would be happy with something adequate. Perfection's out of the question.”

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“Identity politics is the mother's milk of the Democratic Left.”

“I was fortunately able to avoid getting into any trouble with police. There was - I remember I was 12, and I did something really (laughter) - a couple of friends, Cinco de Mayo - we were off school, and we saw some people looking like they were having a party. And we had a little bit too much time on our hands, and so we figured, as kids, a great idea would be to throw some things over the fence and hit all these people with stuff, like eggs and everything.”

“Francois Hollande is the president of the republic, he must be respected. I want to wish him good luck in the midst of these tests.”