Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.

People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren't demands and you don't need to reply. They're simply for pleasure.

Tragedy is a literary concept.

Shadows sometimes people don't see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures, oriental art never deals with shadow. But I noticed these shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny.

I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music.

I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really.

People from the village come up and tease me: 'We hear you've started drawing on your telephone.' And I tell them, 'Well, no, actually, it's just that occasionally I speak on my sketch pad,'