The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead.

I think that if in your heart, you are seeking out a real puzzle, and you're not looking to frighten anybody, you're not looking to upset anybody, and you're looking to discuss a subject that you yourself went through when you were nine - you just don't remember the difficulties of one's own childhood.

Truthfullness to life-both fantasy life and factual life-is the basis of all great art.

Dreams raise the emotional level of what I'm doing at the moment.

Herman Melville said that artists have to take a dive and either you hit your head on a rock and you split your skull and you die … or that blow to the head is so inspiring that you come back and do the best work that you ever did. BUT you have to take the dive and you do not know what the results will be.

I remember my own childhood vividly...I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would scare them

I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.