“I always look to history. I always look to my ancestors, what people had to endure in this country. It is such a privilege to be the mayor. This is...
“I feel strangely good. I don’t know how to feel about that yet. There’s something about this process that means a lot to me, and that’s being able...
“I always felt like I had a lot to say because I felt a lot. Once I started performing—I could say everything that I couldn’t say in my life. I get...
“I always felt like I had a lot to say because I felt a lot. Once I started performing—I could say everything that I couldn’t say in my life. I get...
“I suppose my plays are about the individual’s inner spirit. I think that’s what it’s about. The purpose of the theatre, to me, is...
“I suppose my plays are about the individual’s inner spirit. I think that’s what it’s about. The purpose of the theatre, to me, is...
“We lose ourselves at times in these parts for a good reason. If a character is not taking up more space in me than my friends or something I’m...
“There’s a feeling of distance to tell yourself, ‘I am not on the progressive left, but I am not calling people authoritarian extremists. I’m not...
“I ground myself and reinvent how I work for every different job. One thing that comes back to me is taking attention off myself. You will always...
“The cameras and the stage, two things: they give purpose to the words, and audiences—like cameras—can always see the truth. Your existence is a lie...
“When you start out as a performer, you’re imitating. Then you get a vocabulary for acting. Then, eventually, you find your own voice. That’s more...
“Late Night is joyful to make, and we try to make it joyful to watch. With what’s happening in the world—we have to present that there is still a...
“I always think of the fourth album as the artist’s album. This record feels almost like a collection of short stories to me. Particularly in the...
“The first novel was my attempt to bring poetry’s ethos into the novel form. The novel is the youngest form; it’s a young genre. Because it’s so...
“Should you paint over all the monuments and the memorials that were created for George Floyd, the history still exists—and the people willing to...
“There’s power in the quiet moments between words. Being comfortable in silence—to not be afraid of it—is not just about stand-up. Once I...
“I did fall in love with caves for a while. Caves are scary to us in the abstract; they’re dark, and there’s something in there. When you start going...