I'm not fashionable at all, and the fact that I manage to sell pictures without being fashionable is thanks to my gallery.

Art is the only place you can do what you like. That's freedom.

If you put frightening things into a picture, then they can't harm you. In fact, you end becoming quite fond of them.

Every change is a form of liberation. My mother used to say a change is always good even if it's for the worse.

We interpret the world through stories... everybody makes in their own way sense of things, but if you have stories it helps.

Sketches always have more vitality than paintings because you're finding things out through doing them.

Poetry is good for unleashing images.

The gaps between the forms worry me. I can never get these spaces right.

That is why my pictures don't look like modern art. It's some sort of timidity on my part I'm sure.

For me, my dream came true. But for society it showed me that people want to move on, to look to the future. We said something, we made a statement.

There happen to be whole large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves boredom, routine, and petty frustration.

What I need more in my culture and in my life right now is hope, and so I tend to write to that. I'll always end up bending more toward optimism.

When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn't want movie actresses.

I think I'm confused, but I'm not sure!

The world is a library of strange and wonderful books, and sometimes we just need to go prowling through the stacks.

Except I didn't say eff

Jesus did not call upon people to repent, or fast, or observe the sabbath. He did not threaten with hell or promise heaven.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.