“The ’50s in this country were real straight, very rigid. We decided to live the way we wanted to live in the ’60s. But that’s a big jump. It’s very much like Alice being from very straight Victorian times, going down the rabbit hole into Wonderland.”
“I feel that the white rabbit represents Alice’s curiosity. She’s a bright little girl and she follows her curiosity. And your curiosity, as was the White Rabbit’s, is always just a little bit ahead of you. You look at where your mind wants to go, and most people go, ‘Oh, no, I couldn’t possibly do that.’ Well, yeah, you can.”