I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept me captivated over the years. That's what the ancient Greeks first saw and that's what caught my interest.

You can't take yourself too seriously.

The people who love my paintings, that respond to them the most, they're spectators, they're not viewers.

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

I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed compliments. But if you get a lot of compliments, you don't need a critic to tell you, 'This should be done another way.'

I played an artist in a comedy called 'Rooster.' It was a zany film by Glen Larson, a friend who produced several successful television series including 'Magnum PI.

Imagination comes of not having things.