I don't think my paintings are self-conscious but you feel the consciousness of them. Without them being self-conscious.

Traditionally, photography is supposed to capture an event that has passed; but that is not what I'm looking for. Photography brings the past into the present when you look at it...

Making a painting is like playing the saxophone. You hit the note and it comes out.

I do dream about art, and images come to me in dreams. I am definitely hoping to be in touch with my subconscious. I expect a call any minute.

Painting is like breathing to me. It’s what I do all the time. Every day I make art, whether it is painting, writing or making a movie.

Paintings are not like the Internet. They're not like movies. They're not electronic-friendly. You have to go see them. You have to stand in front of them. That's the great thing about them.

I work with things left over from other things.

It doesn't matter what I think I am, it matters what I do.

I want the paintings to take me or the viewer out somewhere else.

I think beauty is a feeling that you get after you've had an experience. It's the way you feel about it that is beautiful.

I've never made a movie to make money. I've never made a painting to make money.

What keeps life fascinating is the constant creativity of the soul.

Love is when the desire to be desired takes you so badly that you feel you could die of it.

Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy

A powerful dragon crying its eyes out under the moon in a deserted valley is a sight and a sound hardly to be imagined.

You must never sacrifice your relationship with God for the sake of a relationship with another person.

But I think role models also start in the home with your parents.

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life.

Satan is an astute theologian.

Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.

To hunt for symbols in a fairy tale is absolutely fatal.