Knowledge is the driving force that puts creative passion to work.
I don't want to lose hope.
William Blake really is important, my cornerstone. Nobody ever told me before he did that childhood was such a damned serious business.
The magic of childhood is the strangeness of childhood — the uniqueness that makes us see things that other people don't see.
I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.
Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.