It was a startling task to undertake, for the Book of Mormon had never been illustrated before, at least on any professional level. There were no precedents.

All you leave the world is what you've done. No one will ever know the conditions, the comments, the pressures. Only the work remains.

There is no tube of paint that says, 'Don't know.' I have to come to grips with it.

I have plenty of enemies... among artists who resent my earning a living. They think I should go off and starve while painting something 'significant.

This is my heart on CRACK." Robin when she sees Creek

There are no such words like "over-dreaming" or dreaming without "biometric verification". You can dream over and over again! You don't need a certificate to dream big!

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?

One of the things I've been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when the time is right.

Only in America can a Barack Obama happen. Only in America can a Don King happen.

I'm not really interested in courting controversy, but I am interested in exploring issues that other people would deem to be controversial.

You're sick. Sick and evil and weird.

I don't have television so I don't watch TV.

Every movie is a road movie. Every novel is a mystery. Every tortilla chip is sacred.

The Jewish bourgeoisie are our enemies, not as Jews but as bourgeoisie. The Jewish worker is our brother.