Artists, like yourself, are born with a need to express that's just innate.

I'm a natural-born boss, I have to say. I just like to be good at things. Even as a child, I was boss of my family.

Only hire people you want to have dinner with.

I'm very aware that when my friends and I sit around over dinner these days, the conversation invariably turns to how crass the world has become. Tweeting? It's one of the silliest things ever.

On the one hand, I want to go off and live in the desert with my dog and sculpt things out of adobe.

Your name is a funny thing. It stands for what you're about, and everything I do is really about pride.

Dressing well is a form of good manners.