Innocence is drowned in anarchy. The best lack conviction given time to think, and the worst are full of passion without mercy.

Because Elvis gave 'em cars, you think I'm cheap.

Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And sometimes I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep.

I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with Thus Spoke Zarathustra. He gets a bad rap; hes very misunderstood. Hes a maker of individuals, and he was a teacher of teachers.

Heaven's full of astronauts and the Lord's on death row.

My life came down to being a granny and watching a lot of television.

I'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person; that's the nature of the work I do.