Every book is a unique experience.

I wanted everybody to see a sunrise and be knocked out by the miracle of it, the world being created every morning.

I look at the textures, surfaces, colors, and the individual objects in the painting. And then I wonder: what are the relationships among them? Those relationships are everything.

You have to learn how to do each book. It's a different world, a different show.

I like the computer! It's a gadget, and I love gadgets. But it's very complicated and I didn't think I'd have the time to learn.

We are creatures like everything else in our world.

People have their own ideas how about they should appear.

It took me a long time to stop thinking that someone else knew what a great painting was. I was never sure.

I'm the expert when it comes to my paintings. I think all great painters have to have that confidence in what they are seeking and when they're getting there.

I almost always see what I didn't achieve, to a smaller or greater extent.

Knowledge as such can never be worthless.

Our highest contribution is making this world peaceful and happy. That comes when we can radiate peace and harmony from every cell, gene and DNA of our body.

Life is meant to be lived in 'the zone', not the stands.

I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.

What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?

I started in Martial Arts with my father when I was 4 years old. I guess I started because my two older brothers and mom trained so it was what our whole family did for fun.

Sometimes the directors were afraid of what they brought out of me.

The ability to share whole scenes form our lives will be a valuable thing over time.

She's the kind you don't take home to mother.

[Jodie Foster] is one of my favorite actors and people in the business.