Usually kids who are talented have the brashness to think they can do anything, but they don't often get the chance to see how close they can come.

My greatest fear in working is always the end. Lately I have taken to tricking myself into finishing by leaving a hole in the middle somewhere, then stitching the two pieces together - the Union Pacific approach.

The more you know, the better you can imagine.

I've always had to keep the walls in place, and the only way to do that is to keep yourself constantly occupied... From the time I was 8 years old, until I went to college, I worked... There was no social life.

I've always found it necessity to strip away everything but the most fundamental ways to work - the rest is style.

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.

when the time came I would do battle with my mother for the right to sit at the center of my own life.