A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity.

Music has fed me a lot of ideas... The film BLUE VELVET came out of Bobby Vinton's version of the song BLUE VELVET.

As a teenager, I was really trying to have fun 24 hours a day. I didn't start thinking until I was 20 or 21. I was doing regular goof-ball stuff.

Film can't just be a long line of bliss. There's something we all like about the human struggle.

Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business - everything.

I like to feel like you can bite my paintings. Not to eat them, to hurt them. I like to feel like I'm painting with my teeth.

Be true to yourself. Don't take no for an answer. And start your Transcendental Meditation.