I carry a knife with me so I can cut images out of cardboard boxes. I'm always cutting cardboard. Especially every Thursday, which is recycling day.

I love thoroughness. I respect people that do a job well.

I'm a collector. I was born a collector. I came out of the womb a collector. I can trace it back to childhood - collecting used keys.

As I'm getting older, I'm moving away from calculations and measurement. I'm trying to be more open to vulnerability and mistakes.

Instead of imposing something, let it make itself.

Doing a job well is the thing. It's its own thing.

Sometimes being an artist is a real drag. It can be incredibly bureaucratic.

My collaborations have to be very positive. I will never work with a person I fight with.

I like the authentic object, and I have no problem paying sixty dollars for a T-shirt if it fits me really well and it's really well made. I like unassuming clothes.

I like well-made clothes, and I don't mind spending a lot of money on something that looks super, super simple. I don't like knockoffs.

I don't cook for myself. I eat every meal out. I'm fed by others. I think it's a kind of social thing. I work collaboratively with others. A meal with a friend is my ultimate thing.

History is a people's memory, and without a memory, a man is demoted to the lower animals.

Before hurting others, feel the pain you will inflict on others.

What if . . . What if I am stupid? Like people say?

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

A woman never sees what we do for her she only sees what we don't do.

In Bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that.

Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out

While I have corrected agreed factual errors, I have not been inhibited from writing what I felt to be the truth about The Prince of Wales.

As I've been open with my faith, there's a consistency that almost disarms people. They know what they're going to get when they see me. They know what they're going to get when they talk to me.

In firing his gun, John Brown has merely told what time of day it is. It is high noon.