I write on a visual canvas, 'seeing' a scene in my thoughts before translating it into language, so I'm a visual junkie.

You speak your mind, don't you...? A rare find in a woman.

I don't remember being a child, and that's why I think I'm so child-like now in my unending curiosity and approach to life.

I was a very, very old child. Sometimes you meet a child who seems more like an adult. I think I was that type of child because I had a nearly fatal kidney disease when I was 9 years old.

...to make art is to realize another's sadness within, realize the hidden sadness in other people's lives, to feel sad with and for a stranger.

You think you know someone by looking at his face but what can one face say about the thousand thoughts behind those eyes.

Asking anyone what she or he is reading is a necessary part of conversation, exchanging news. So I take recommendations from friends - and I always pass along a book I've loved.