I go to my studio every day. Some days work comes easily. Other days nothing happens. Yet on the good days the inspiration is only an accumulation of all the other days, the nonproductive ones.

In the end, I feel that one has to have a bit of neurosis to go on being an artist. A balanced human seldom produces art. It's that imbalance which impels us... The artist lives with anxiety.

I realized... that the artist is always alone. Early in life I had thought I needed other people to confirm or approve what I was doing.

It was important that I learn that what I wanted was no different from what other artists wanted: confidence that I could be my own censor, audience, and competition.

I don't believe that you can put content into art. The content is in yourself.

Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored

By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind sees the path

I'm a sucker for turquoise sea, white beaches and palm trees. I've been to the tropics every year since I could afford it. It's the perfect place to unwind. I can chill out, read, do a bit of yoga.

I'd like to make a movie pretty soon, so I could get a rest.

I never went to drama school, so that was more like I was getting away with it.

If we seek to be loved - if we expect to be loved - this cannot be accomplished; we will be dependent and grasping not genuinely loving.

there are some people who never acknowledge themselves in the wrong; God help them!

Leave your existence to existence, stop caring for yourself so much and let the universe care for you; it is the best mother.

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act upon what he believes would motivate him if he were mad enough to do what the other man or woman is doing.