I wanted everybody to see a sunrise and be knocked out by the miracle of it, the world being created every morning.

I look at the textures, surfaces, colors, and the individual objects in the painting. And then I wonder: what are the relationships among them? Those relationships are everything.

I've always loved Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. There's this wonderful chapter in which we get a first-person account of the monster's first impressions of the world, being in the woods and taking things in. We're seeing the world as if for the first time. That's just fascinating.

I like the computer! It's a gadget, and I love gadgets. But it's very complicated and I didn't think I'd have the time to learn.

You have to learn how to do each book. It's a different world, a different show.

People have their own ideas how about they should appear.

Every book is a unique experience.