My current works are abstracts cunningly disguised as landscapes. It is the Canadian way.

People ask me how long it took to make a work. I reply by giving them my age.

Works of art are landscapes of the mind.

A painting is finished when to have done less would be considered a sin and more a crime.

The only thing you have to fear more than failure is success.

Holy books are an insult to a God with good intentions.

Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere wholeheartedly one-directionally without regret or reservation.

I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music

I've supported myself by writing since 1992, and I'm probably very nearly unemployable by now because employers are likely to be put off by the long gap.

It's incredible what we can do if we really want to do it. All we need is to be aware of what we are doing and to return to the authenticity we were born with.

At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.

It’s time for a 21st-century abolitionist movement in the U.S and around the world.

Madonna created a monster that sucks up souls.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

No one was ever scolded out of their sins.