I had such an intense relationship to every person. I still see people on the street and we lock eyes, and say "Oh my god!" and we just kiss and stay like that and sometimes cry.

Every party is the same, too many people, too little food, and you have to wait around. I'm extremely bored with parties.

There's nothing more tragic than artists from the 70s still doing art from the 70s.

You should see ballerinas' feet. They don't have nails. You see beauty, but it's unbelievable pain - with a 40-year pension! That's it, and then life is really finished.

I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own.

I had so much fear of blood, and the first thing I did was to cut myself to see what happens. That's the only way to rebuild yourself.

To me the pain and the blood are merely means of artistic expression.