“When I was about 13, and I would write in my journal, I'd be like, 'I ...” — Arca Quote

“When I was about 13, and I would write in my journal, I'd be like, 'I just watched 'Spice World,' the Spice Girls movie, and I loved it.' Sometimes I would sign them with the name Xen.”

“We try and banish whole inner realms. Sometimes, you have to touch the thing inside you're most afraid of and see what happens when you touch it rather than look away from it all the time.”

“Arca was a project born immediately after I came out of the closet in New York.”

“Theatricality - that's where you get catharsis. The Greeks went to see drama because they felt like this wasn't happening to them.”

“I exist in agreement with all the weird chaos, destruction, and agony that is undoubtedly part of the texture of being alive.”

“Making music can get so emotional that, if you don't set limits for yourself, it can push you or the person that you're making music with to a breaking point.”

“I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.”

“In a polling conducted by the Wall Street Journal, 11 out of 12 Americans said they oppose the taking of private property, even if it is for public economic good.”

“I keep a journal, and every day I write down one great play that I had that day. I don't write down any negatives.”

“I've done projects where I've read 25 books and did all kinds of journal and character work for hours.”

“I have a journal, and every character that I play, I write as the character: how I feel about things and how I'm going to play it.”

“I journal at the end of every day and just keep track of how things are going.”