Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head.

I don't know how to overcome this perception that I'm extravagant.

I love working. I don't know what the word vacation means.

Each project, I suffer like I'm starting over again in life. There's a lot of healthy insecurity that fuels this stuff.

When I was a child I could do math and art, so I had left- and right-brain capabilities. But I've seen my children, who are more right-brained, struggling. My son was told he wouldn't make it to college, but he dogged it through and ended up being accepted by 10 major art schools after the high school advisor said, "Please don't apply. You're going to be disappointed." That kid's an artist now.

If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing.

Creativity is about play and a kind of willingness to go with your intuition. It's crucial to an artist. If you know where you are going and what you are going to do, why do it? I think I learned that from the artists, from my grandmother, from all the creative people I've spent time with over the years.