I’ve been looking at oil paintings from oriental artists lately, and the one artist who’s inspired me right now is a man named Hokusai and I’ve had his book by my bed looking at how he interprets landscapes – mountains and water and flowers and birds.

I hope that my work makes a difference because I think that's why I do it.

We are always just trying to be strong and yet in touch with our bodies and the only way you can really do that is to believe in yourself because that’s all that you have.

I believe I have a lot to learn in life, still.

I mean, I like to be creative because it challenges me to try to be better than I am as a person and I hope that in some way that that makes someone else think and feel something about themselves that then has given them the opportunity to grow.

And I think because there is an essence of me that cares about other people and what other people think then that then makes me seem very sweet and polite.

For me it's all about creating a goal and fulfilling it.