People are always so boring when they band together. You have to be alone to develop all the idiosyncrasies that make a person interesting.

I like to be the right thing in the wrong space and the wrong thing in the right space. But usually being the right thing in the wrong space and the wrong thing in the right space is worth it, because something funny always happens.

I went to vote once, but I got too scared. I couldn't decide whom to vote for.

The childlike, gum-chewing naivete, the glamour rooted in despair, the self-admiring carelessness, the perfected otherness, the wispiness, the shadowy, voyeuristic, vaguely sinister aura, the pale, soft-spoken magical presence, the skin and bones . . .

And your own life while it's happening to you never has any atmosphere until it's a memory.

I do the same thing everyday. I go to work and paint. I try to turn out as many pictures as I can.

Voyeurism is a director's job description. It's an artist's, too.