I still like my antique clothes.

Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.

I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.

I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.

Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.

It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I've done.