Art is about paying attention.
My job is to make images and leave the decision-making and conclusion-draw ing to other people.
People who were born alone are defined by feelings like "Who's gonna be with me when I die? Who will ever understand me? Will I always feel so alone? Maybe if I write a book..." and you forget that that doesn't help you so much.
As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.
I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.
I'm one of the first Americans who wasn't a torturer or an interrogator.