From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.

I think it's a very important function of art to challenge accepted reality, especially when that reality is created by powerful interest groups.

What's the use of stories that aren't even true?

[My work] is a love song to our mongrel selves.

We live in a frightened time, and people self-censor all the time and are afraid of going into some subjects because they are worried about violent reactions.

There's a lot of conflict and darkness inside everybody's family. We all pretend to outsiders that it's not so but behind locked doors there are usually high emotions running.

It's obvious that I come down on the side of free speech for anybody's work.