I decided that if my work contained what I could identify as a likeness to other work, I would remove it.

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.

Bend color names which should be made of neon or copper tubing. Place an object on a surface - trace the object - then bend the object - leaving some part of it attached.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.

One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.

When something is new to us, we treat it as an experience. We feel that our senses are awake and clear. We are alive.

I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that would be my life.

One works without thinking how to work.

It's simple, you just take something and do something to it, and then do something else to it. Keep doing this, and pretty soon you've got something.

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

There is no truth, " Stephanie said mysterously. "Only perspectives.

Did you notice there aren’t any average kids anymore—only Gifted and Disposable?

Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.

After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.

You have to learn the crowd. I just pay attention to them so I can make sure I can make them laugh.

It's hard being visible, so I've made myself invisible.

Mick Fleetwood was one of my first interviews. And if you've ever talked to that dude, he's the sweetest guy in the world - he's just a trip.

[Bob Dylan] is a preacher but also a sinner; a poet but also a pitchman; authentic all-American but also invented persona.

In order to capture Mid-World for new readers, I had to streamline the original tale [ The Gunslinger Born], but I also had to incorporate scenes from earlier Dark Tower novels.

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change