When I was growing up, all the women in my house were using needles. I've always had a fascination with the needle, the magic power of the needle. The needle is used to repair damage. It's a claim to forgiveness. It is never aggressive, it's not a pin.

I have kept a diary as long as I can remember, and drawings are really another kind of diary.

Art is a guarantee of sanity.

It is a great privilege to be able to work with, and I suppose work off, my feelings through sculpture.

I was raised a Catholic. But I am not religious. In my work, I am interested in real flesh and blood.

Art is a way of recognizing oneself.

Artists have to be useful. They have to fill a role.