I think there's something about being a neophyte that's refreshing and hard to duplicate; it brings about real innovation. Innovation usually comes about through blind ignorance.

Painting is as close as a person can get to actually capturing the heat of the moment.

You know you've been around when they start to remake your own movies when you're still alive.

Your spiritual sense will make you either a winner or a loser.

Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older.

My life has always been chaotic. From the time I got dressed in the back of a deflated, flat-tired, fish-smelling station wagon for Rocky. It's always been do it yourself, kind of like paper-clip it together.

With writing, I think you have to be honest with yourself. I have a certain kind of writing; that is, I like to really embellish the human spirit. You have to write about something you have a feel for.