Some things I won't do for any amount of money. That's so demoralizing and goes against every principle that I hold. It's like, okay, some rich people can buy me because I'm a talented guy. They can buy talent. You can't buy it for yourself, but you can buy other people's talent to serve your purposes. And once an artist does that, he becomes like a plaything of the rich. You know, some of these wealthy collectors have paid lots of money for artwork that I already did, but I didn't do it with the intention of catering to them.

Your vigor for life appalls me.

Yeah, I was a child of American popular culture.

Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp.

When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.

Everything that is strong in me has gone into my art work.

Violence begets violence, and then you get leaders who are violent men. And you don't want that.