I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance. Do things that you don't know you can't do.
The more you try to control art, the less alive it becomes.
Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.
The white cube is not neutral - it carries its own cultural baggage.