I'm mostly self-taught. I didn't learn much in school.

Every one of my works, when I'm looking back, becomes some kind of solution, or something to concentrate on. Something to pay attention to and maybe change direction.

People have too many problems during the day; they don't want to think.

We use up words as we use up images. We use up everything, and that's good, because it makes us grow.

I study what I work with. I studied all these different fields of science that I needed for my work. I studied how to mine a landfill and what to plant in it. It's fascinating because you learn a new field each time.

One thing that's paramount in my life is that I am alone. I'm a loner. And yet I have many friends and I don't feel lonely. And I even like my own company. But when I'm alone, it's to read or write. I'm in my thoughts. Mostly I'm learning.

Philosophy gets its ugly head into everything, but I don't think we live philosophy anymore. It's done.