But 'Playboy' was liberating. I was drawn to it and went for it full throttle.

Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.

I have always said to young artists that scholastic training and the studying of art history are crucial to fully developing as an artist.

It's not the act of arrogance to draw, it's humbling - you must use your God-given talent. And of all the people I sketch, in most cases I feel I have to measure up to the subject.

Ive zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence... Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give the best of themselves, and art has made me pull the best out of myself.

Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher or agent or even my exclusive representative, when they are not.

I played an artist in a comedy called 'Rooster.' It was a zany film by Glen Larson, a friend who produced several successful television series including 'Magnum PI.

I don't know if I'm an impressionist or an expressionist. You can call me an American first... I've been labeled doing neimanism, so that's what it is, I guess.

You can't take yourself too seriously.

I draw all the time. Drawing is my backbone. I don't think a painter has to be able to draw, I just think that if you draw, you better draw well.

It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few.

To see the beauty, love

The path of memory is neither straight or safe, and we travel down it at our risk.

And we all know how ladies get minks . . .”Popsy and Sandra chorused the answer together. “The same way minks get minks!

Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism. It is actually the opposite of Conservatism, since it is a devotion to something that is always changing and yet is felt to be mystically the same.

Dare to Differ

We consider that the lives of all beings are just as precious as our own, and through this we develop a sense of concern for others.

The more ups and downs, the more joy I feel. The greater the fear, the greater the happiness I feel.

In Massachusetts they [Democratic politicians] steal, in California they feud, and in New York they lie.

Cast yourself. You are the spell.

There are many, many different kinds of movies and directors and styles. I don't mind that a movie looks like a movie.