Painting is like breathing to me. It’s what I do all the time. Every day I make art, whether it is painting, writing or making a movie.

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.

It's nice to see your name in print. It's interesting.

I see paintings everywhere. I look at stuff and it looks like painting to me.

I'm not saying I'm the only Jewish person who cares about Palestinian people, but unfortunately, their voices are not necessarily heard as loudly as they should be.

The thing about living in New York is that there are other artists; that is the most difficult, I think they are the hardest critics.

Maybe my work looks a little crazy, a little insane, but I don't really see myself as a crazy artist or a shaman artist.