My compulsion is to create things.

Nobody is perfect. I don't think it's the most scathing indictment of anybody. It's pretty innocuous. [Miral] is just the story of one family and one girl, living in that part of the world, and that's what goes on over there. I thought that maybe it would be informative and useful for people to know more about it.

I think it's your own ghost, seeing the work and just thinking if it will be okay to leave that around.

I think basically I'm a painter, but I would use anything to make my point.

I never paid much attention to being Jewish when I was a kid. In fact, I'd say my religion was more surfing than Judaism - that's what I spent most of my time doing.

I have a completely romantic idea about making paintings, I guess.

You can't have a good bullfight without a good bull.