The trouble with advice is that it's usually something you don't want to hear.

People want to know those details. They think it gives them greater insight into a piece of art, but when they approach a painting in such a manner, they are belittling both the artist’s work and their own ability to experience it. Each painting I do says everything I want to say on its subject and in terms of that painting, and not all the trivia in the world concerning my private life will give the viewer more insight into it than what hangs there before their eyes. Frankly, as far as I’m concerned, even titling a work is an unnecessary concession.

There are no happy endings... There are no endings, happy or otherwise. We all have our own stories which are just part of the one Story that binds both this world and Faerie. Sometimes we step into each others stories - perhaps just for a few minutes, perhaps for years - and then we step out of them again. But all the while, the Story just goes on.

The best artists know what to leave out.

I wouldn't like to live in a world where everything's as cut-and-dried as most people think it is

Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.

We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on.