People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually, it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like you're watching television -- you don't feel anything.

I want to die with my blue jeans on.

Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?

I think every painting should be the same size and the same color so they're all interchangeable and nobody thinks they have a better painting or a worse painting.... Besides even when the subject is different, people want the same painting.

Everyone needs a fantasy.

After Wakefield Poole's films, mine are unnecessary and a bit naive, don't you think?

Don't think about making art.