People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when of course it's more like entertaining the troops in a neutral zone, during peacetime in a country without an army.

Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can't even finish my second apple pie.

It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.

It doesn't take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.

Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it's probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.

The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.

I think its pretty clear that film is the pre-eminent art form of our age. If Michaelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci were alive today they’d be making Avatar, not painting a chapel. Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.