I seize all opportunities with two hands. Everything that's happened to me has taught me to live in the moment as much as possible.

I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.

Sometimes when you're looking at your own work, you can't really see, and it's only when you step back a little bit later that you think, "Oh, that's completely in line with everything else I've done".

I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.

One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.

I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.

I felt giving birth was the most creative act of all my creative acts - literally creation!