In anything there has to be dark and light. There's a lot of joy in my paintings and a lot of darkness.

...that is the best-to laugh with someone because you both think the same things are funny.

Even death is wonderful because, as Woody Allen says, we're not going to know when it happens.

I was born during an eclipse. I believe very much in astrology. If you were born on an eclipse it indicates your destiny is chaotic.

The only thing that would ever embarrass me would be something I would write that would be badly written.

I've resolved so many things in my life. I like the idea of showing that you can go through a lot and still be on your feet, still be working, and still be positive about life.

One of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes-the values, the ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.