The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.'

Imagination comes of not having things.

I hold doors open for all the women. Men can open the doors for themselves.

You know what I like about San Francisco? The women are beautiful, fashionable and smart. San Francisco is one of the only cities I like to visit. I love New York and Chicago - I studied there, and L.A. has the same people as New York.

Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.

The big shock of my life was Abstract Expressionism - Pollock, de Kooning, those guys. It changed my work. I was an academically trained student, and suddenly you could pour paint, smear it on, broom it on!

I always stayed in tune with my own ambitions and attitudes and I'm still my intractable old self, for better or worse.