He wanted paper and something to write with, some way to sustain a thought, to place it in the world.

Look past the violence. There is a wonderful brimming spirit of innocence and fun.

Fame and secrecy are the high and low ends of the same fascination.

The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it?

If an idea seems to find its way towards a stage setting, that's the direction I take. I don't know if I'm trying to achieve anything other than to follow an idea on to the page.

Clouds are no deterrent. Clouds intensify the drama, trap and shape the light.

In this country there is a universal third person, the man we all want to be. Advertising has discovered this man. It uses him to express the possibilities open to the consumer. To consume in America is not to buy; it is to dream. Advertising is the suggestion that the dream of entering the third person singular might possibly be fulfilled.