I’ve had many, you know, happy ending sleepovers’in my early youth — my period of exploration. I think that’s essential. Anyone who hasn’t had a gay moment is probably trying to avoid some confrontation with a reality in their life.

My personal opinion is that truth, like honesty and non-harmfulness, often are at odds with one another.

I think I enjoy playing human beings no matter the substance of their character.

I think everybody's crazy, and if I'm the one being a little direct about it, that's fine by me.

I'd like to make as much art as I possibly can before I die, so I'm working on a few things.

I always was very interested in intellect and the massive world of knowledge out there, but in terms of being a kid who wanted to be treated as an equal, school is not the place.

The most important part of my practice as an artist has been remembering to stay humble. There is so much hurt, so much sorrow, so much pain in the world, and I think when you're born and bred into privilege, it's easier to have a closed perspective on things. But there's this opportunity that's open to all of us to let empathy connect us back to one another.