Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa Claus was a man, therefore God has to be a man.

Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises, don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned about doing good work. Protect your work and if you build a good name, eventually that name will be its own currency. Life is like a roller coaster ride, it is never going to be perfect. It is going to have perfect moments and rough spots, but it’s all worth it.

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.

I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world.

Not everything we do as artists has deep intent. If we push barriers, that's great, but sometimes we just do our work. Whether we make some kind of statement, consciously or unconsciously, we shouldn't take the innocence away from what we do.

When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective novel.

I think masturbating is a really important function in art. People don't like to hear that kind of stuff, but it's true.