First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.

I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.

My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road.

You can't change the world, you can only change yourself.

I, who wanted danger, adventure, and love

Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That's just hot air.

Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.

And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.

The second time I was there I met Marcel Duchamp, and we immediately fell for each other. Which doesn't mean a thing because I think anybody who met Marcel fell for him.

I happen to believe that there is an afterlife

Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.

I’m using Mao as my inspiration. “Cast away illusions. Prepare for struggle.” I’m back in business, baby. You don’t know you’re stuck until you get moving.

It's not easy for the average family to ensure that their child receives a quality education. And the federal government is not making it any easier.

I have earned my disillusionment.

When alternative music - which is supposed to be the standard-bearer of where white rock is headed - becomes either too cute or too manufactured, that's just really not good.

Choose your battles, but don't choose very many.

God had no children too weak, but a great many too strong to make use of.

Television is fun, but it's hard, and if it gets too crazy I may just do it as a part-time thing.

Each time you admire the façade of the New York Public Library, you are paying homage to Western civilization.

Knowing your own ignorance is the first step to enlightenment.

In an instant he became aware that the tourist was about to try his own peculiar brand of linguistics, which meant that he would speak loudly and slowly in his own language.