I look at my job as looking at the world from points of view that are different from mine - sometimes radically different from mine.

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.

It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.

When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.

You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.

You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.

I think that every person has many, many people inside of them. We change our personality depending on who we are talking to or what situation we are in.

I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others.

My job as an artist, as I see it, is to understand and in some cases to take on various ways of thinking about people and the world that are different from my own, sometimes radically different.

An understanding of Jesus is not a mere matter of intelligence. He has to be accepted by faith.

You MUST do what you love. Sometimes your passion will be the only thing that keeps you motivated.

A smoky eye and nice hair are not going to make my night any easier.

A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.

Often I think changes within my work have been seen as sudden changes or sharp changes, but for me they're not that sudden. They have been there in the studio, but not so much in public.

I've always felt that really good prequels should be original movies.

If we cannot find a way, we will make one.

Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.

I was raised as a Catholic and received the body and blood of Jesus Christ every Sunday at communion until I was thirty years of age, when I became a vegetarian.

Recovery culture teaches you that you have to repent. I don't think that's necessary.