When I became tired of oil painting at one stage, I used collage and this proved to be influential in the design and composition of my later works.

The composition happens as the work progresses. Often the messy background makes it easy to disperse shapes as needed. I'd rather it took over me than I took over it.

I often use an old canvas and I particularly enjoy painting over something I've already done, allowing bits to come jumping through accidentally.

People and things have edges, but where does a landscape stop?

But self-satisfaction, if as buoyant as gas, has an ugly trick of collapsing when full blown, and facts are stony things that refuse to melt away in the sunshine of a smile.

I think all the roles I've played really center around either the great conflict or how the great conflict affects the people that I love. I've been cast often as a hard-nosed, hyper-confident guy.

God is letting me shine, because I've got a good heart.

I like really bad T.V.; it's a problem. Love me some reality.

I'm something that I used to be. I'm never where I feel I am, and if I seek myself, I don't know who's seeking me. My boredom with everything has numbed me. I feel banished from my soul.

Treat the past as a school.

My optimism for life carried through my work.

When I cannot enjoy the faith of assurance, I live by the faith of adherence.

I go on benders where I just exercise like a maniac. And then I go on benders where I just can only take baths. Like, I have to lay down to bathe, and I could go on that for six months.

Life is always full of drama and challenges, but you don't have to overreact to any of it if you choose not to.