My grandmother died in 1991 and I was born in '86. We only met once, but I didn't speak English and she didn't speak Spanish - so we had a communication problem.

The last image I registered was Ethan and my hand – linked, bound and unbreakable.

Tell me you like it, Olivia. Say the words. Tell me I'm the only one who can set your body on fire like this.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

A new painting is a unique event, a birth, which enriches the universe as it is grasped by the human mind, by bringing a new form into it.

I can handle scars, especially one's on the outside.

Description needs to slide into a story like a snake through grass - silently, almost invisibly, without calling attention to itself. It should enrich every story moment without slowing the action.

Skin is really important; after all, it's my business.

She would go to Memphis and this was after our divorce. And I would send her to Memphis to be with him.

I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations.

Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward