I want to live in a city where people who make the rules have to live by them.

Art's true purpose is to be human as opposed to some rarefied activity set away from real life. I think art should help you to navigate the real challenges of being a human being.

It is perfectly reasonable to despair of a world where the Nobel Committee gives the Peace Prize to a man running a war.

Everybody should be entitled to one lie, one failing, one infidelity.

I believe we have to put art back at the center of everyday life rather than allowing it to become a specialist activity at the margins of society.

Different is not wrong.

Quentin Crisp said it to me; now I say it to you: say yes to everything.