The thing that started me painting originally was seeing Bambi when I was about nine. I was incredibly disturbed by the forest fire that killed Bambi's mother, and that distress gave me the impulse to create something, as a way of dealing with it.

I'm a fine artist working in a commercial arena, so that's my cross to bear

I love you when I forget about me.

I was anti-intellectual to the nth. Basically I liked to dance and paint, and that was about it.

I was young for my age. Not as naïve as they expected. I don't know why I seem to bring that out in people.

Some people are upset to see you doing ordinary things. Those people, if they were a celebrity, they would have an entourage.

Freedom to me is a luxury of being able to follow the path of the heart, to keep the magic in your life. Freedom is necessary for me in order to create, and if I cannot create I don’t feel alive.