I start a picture and I finish it. I don't think about art while I work. I try to think about life.

I wanted to build up a name for myself.

I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.

The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

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.

I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.