I found that life has to be edited to continue.

It's my memory, and what happened between that moment 10 or 15 years ago and now, there's a lot of gray area

For me, being an artist with a high profile is a good thing for art.

I've worked really hard. I've made three pieces of seminal art in my life. If I died tomorrow, I'd be remembered for making them. There are a lot of artists who, no matter how hard they work in their lives, will never make anything seminal.

All the people in the late '80s and early '90s were really hell-bent on doing something for themselves, and they wouldn't take no for an answer. There was a lot of determination, and I was definitely part of that way of thinking.

I have hardly any friends who aren't gay

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