An artist who makes pictures that look good but express nothing is like a writer whose words sound good but have no meaning.

Without emotional content we make pictures; with it, we create art.

Draw and paint the subject the way you want it to be, not as it is.

In the editing process, I delete what I do not want to use, move what remains around if necessary and add elements that I feel will make my visual statement as clear and understandable as possible.

Editing and selectivity are processes that provide the first steps in determining and conveying content.

The environment becomes inspiration. My response to it becomes idea. And idea becomes purpose and action through interpretation and painting.

Painting several comparative images is a profitable way to begin to understand the concept of content.

Content is the meaningful substance of the work.

Your story is for - voting for every disastrous trade agreement, and voting for corporate America. Did I vote against the Wall Street bailout?

If you can’t discover what’s keeping you in, the will to get out soon becomes confused and ineffectual - "Ishmael

Anytime there is a struggle between doing what is actually right and doing what seems right, then your ego is interfering with your decision.

Where would rock and roll be without feedback?

Desperate times call for desperate analogies.

You've got to play with pride and guts.

I never went into acting to be able to scare everybody. If I'd wanted to frighten people, I could have joined the C.I.A.

People just - they don't really know me. They see me on "The Simple Life," they think that's really who I am.

Where's the line between professional girlfriend, and just plain professional?

Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.