What I think we fear is rapid, pronounced, and uncontrollable changes to ourselves, and because of this we have a form of personality inertia - something that resists rapid change.

'The Magic Flute,' I think, is fundamentally asking what is it to change people's consciousness.

I do believe in the infallibility of the Pope, because I think we have to believe in something.

The more important question, of course, was what the new Lucy would do, and even though I was pretty sure the old Lucy wouldn't be around much anymore, I was a little bit afraid the new Lucy hadn't yet shown up.

Well, I think the world changes around you - I think you don't change. That's as simple as that.

I'd rather be nauseous than tired, I think.