I'll always remember Jean Paul Gaultier, who did a project based on Madonnas, remarking on the images, "Yours are much better." Gaultier is really smart, so it's good getting a compliment from him!

I think the power of image is in mystery - I endlessly create mysteries, by way of this dystopian message, to initiate intrigue.

It's amazing how if you turn up at a studio without an idea, a picture will take itself from momentum, and you quickly can lose control.

I'm always working in this universe - whether picturing hamburger joints, Virgin Marys, domestic scenes - using these "vacant-faced" women as a medium to question universal truths.

Having a book is actually like a great master - helping to build a universe and unify work - especially in my pictures where there is such a strong signature, yet with a set of rigorous rules to it.

Some think that authority over the devil belongs to only a few chosen people to whom God has given special power. It doesn’t

Banking on success is to spur personal growth.

We do not admire their president.We know why the White House is white.We do not find their children irresistible

I wish that we could tumble them in the dryer for 30 minutes and get them to shrink, but that won't happen.

There's something within contemporary culture which is far more faux masculine than it was when men were really men.

There's a safety in thinking in a diner. You can have your coffee or your milkshake, and you can go off into strange dark areas, and always come back to the safety of the diner.

There is a massive gender imbalance on TV

At a certain depth all bosoms communicate, all hearts are one.

I think it's important for girls to be confident. Believe in yourself and... everybody's hot.

Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.