I don't think people are terribly interested in young artists who were doing interesting thing, but I don't think people are terribly interested in young artists.

I don't like building, I'm not a carpenter, I don't like constructions particularly and things like that, but placements and the kinds of psychological weight that different materials have is pretty interesting to me.

The movie [Miral] is not pro-Palestinian. It's about Palestinians. It's a Palestinian story, written by a Palestinian person. I don't know anybody else that could have done that

A lot of what I do is about being in the moment and I think that's hard for people to get. I like it when things suddenly affect the painting. I mix up this red and it affects the whole painting or this little bit of white falls down there, and something changes the whole nature of the thing. The residue on what happens, that's what's in the paintings.

Making a painting is like playing the saxophone. You hit the note and it comes out.

I think that truth is stranger than fiction, and it's nice to know the people you're making a movie about.

I think style is a fringe benefit that looks like you made it.