- Peter Max Paints America, Peter Max
- Emily Post’s Etiquette
- Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys
- Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
- The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner
- Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White
- Anne of Green Gables (“the book, by Lucy Maude Montgomery AND the Kevin Sullivan films starring Megan Follows”)
- Running Fence, Christo and Jeanne-Claude
- Casey at the Bat, Ernest Theayer
- The Gospel of JohnW
“The music was the hardest part for me. I ended up choosing Exile because: a) I love the story of its recording; the Stones torn and frayed, on the run and holed up in the south of France, Marianne Faithful lazing around in the same leopard bikini for days, Keith and Anita Pallenberg, and b) the Stone’s best music came out of that time. If Doc Brown pulled up to my house in the DeLorean tomorrow, my first stop would be Villefranche-sur-Mer circa 1971. Pet Sounds was easier for me because it’s just beautiful–”God Only Knows” brings tears to my eyes, and “Wouldn’t it Be Nice” always makes me smile.”