Every single line means something.

My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it.

Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.

I don't think about art when I'm working. I think about life.

The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them.

Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her.

There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.'