Sometimes I'll dream that I saw a show and then I'll wake up in the morning and realize that I didn't see the show, that it was my dream. And I just remember what the paintings look like in the dream and I think, "Oh, nobody painted those. I can do that."

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

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.

There are certain times you want to be here and there are certain times you want to just go. And when you go, it's usually so exhausting you have to check into a hospital when you come home!

I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around stepping on their heads.

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

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.