I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates.

The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can't give you the tools to do a painting like that yourself, but in doing the work, Pollock shares with you the moment of creative impulse that drove him to do that work.

If someone didn't want to be filmed, or my children said, "Don't film me anymore," [Steven Sebring] didn't try to sneak a shot or cajole them; he just respected their wishes.

I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that I would not make it.

I had no proof that I had the stuff to be an artist, though I hungered to be one.

I think the film [Dream of Life] is life-affirming.

I got my style from a lot of different people, even my style of reading, even Johnny Carson inspired me.