I found that life has to be edited to continue.

I'm a terrible cook, but if I could cook, I would see that in art as well, it's how much creative energy you put into something.

I've always said if I could own one piece it would be Vermeer's The Love Letter, and if I could put it anywhere it would be in a David Chipperfield building. I'm almost there with the building - Chipperfield is building a new house for me in London. The Vermeer is a long way off.

When it comes to words I have a uniqueness that I find almost impossible in art – and it's my words that actually make my art quite unique.

I know people went to laugh at my bed and to jeer at it. Still, at least they actually went to see it.

I am fiercely independent and I probably wouldn't be if it wasn't for the way in which I was brought up

One thing that success has taught me is censorship.