The idea of vaudeville clowns and court jesters is always to show the flaw, to point out what's not working and why it's not coherent.

I think the term 'conceptual art' is a useful term for writers, a basket to put people in, like Pop Art or Impressionism or whatever.

If you're smart, you abandon the things that didn't work out so well, and you enlarge upon the things that seem to be successful.

I used to jokingly say, "I don't teach art. I'm an art doctor." Students come to me and say, "My art's sick," and we help them make it well.

Most of my friends are women. I think women are more interesting to talk to.

I think I live such a boring life. But I can't imagine any other kind of life, so I guess it's the life I want.

If I saw the art around me that I liked, then I wouldn't do art.