I am very suspicious of cameras and dramatic interpretations and the whole Hollywood myth-making process. I don't trust it. I've seen it affect people in bad ways.

Art should be as inclusive as possible. That's why I like bringing the low form of puppetry and elevating it into a sculpture form, but it's still a puppet also.

Artists are people who create beauty. That's the bottom line.

Sheer obstinacy is very very important for anybody who wants to create.

When we see something beautiful it calls up raw, naked emotion and that's an embarrassing situation to be in.

But I think frustration is hilarious. One of my missions is to bring humor into fine art. It's sacred.

I'm neurotic in the sense that I can have a crowd of 300 people cheering you, applauding you, standing O, but one guy come out of the audience and go, "Hey man, you should have cut 20 minutes. That wasn't so good." And I'll just obsess on that one guy. After all this love, I'll obsess on him and want to smash his face in and strangle him and kick him down the stairs and I'll be pouting about that one guy all night.