I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. I really preferred jazz, you know, that kind of thing.

I like contrasting between black and white and color.

I know where the mistakes are. Nothing is perfect and I understand that.

I try not to manipulate reality... What will happen, will happen. Let things be themselves.

I like the work hanging free in the frame. I don't like too much frame around it but I like a little breathing space around the piece.

I like working late at night and then going into the house and sitting down and watching a movie and then going to sleep.

I had always worked. I always had part-time jobs.

I relied mainly on other artists, who I think are smarter than critics, any critics or curators or anybody like that. They really know.

I liked the idea of the words floating in space and the space behind it moving all the time, ever changing.

And we live in a kind of realm of language and words and so forth. So we can sort of relate to them. They don't exist without us. We create words.

Art was something that I was really interested in, probably more so than writing or anything else.

Our work is not to become unique. We are unique. Our work is to unleash our sense of adventure and to allow the inner whisper that says “come hither” to be reason enough to go.

I believe that when I am dead, I am dead. I believe that with my death I am just as much obliterated as the last mosquito you and I squashed.(from Who's Who in Hell)

I can't watch my first audition because it makes me too upset. I just think it is really sad. I look at myself and don't recognize myself. I do think fame and fortune changes people.

God reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists.

I've enjoyed the conversations that we've had. [Donald Trump] is somebody who I think is not lacking in confidence.

there is always something comforting about knowing that you are not alone. That other people feel the way you do. That you are a bit screwed up, but still normal.

A budget should reflect the values and priorities of our nation and its people

Satanic Verses is a despicable book that could not have been written by a person who wished to behave decently and responsibly.

Real Madrid fans have to wear sunglasses while watching their team because this star-studded team of diamonds is just astonishing.

It is possible to see the intermediate state between lives as being in a way more important than incarnate existence.