I'm gay. I just didn't think it was anybody's business.

I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.

Kids lead a very private life.

I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.

My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.

I did not know how to paint a mural. I did not know how to prepare the surface. There was nobody from the Renaissance around who could advise me, and I did the best I could.

William Blake really is important, my cornerstone. Nobody ever told me before he did that childhood was such a damned serious business.