Sometimes you need to live with a painting for a while. Starting a painting can be easy, but finishing it... that's the skill of the painter, how you finally know when it's done.

When you see something every day, it gets into your brain.

I didn't think of being an artist until after I went away to boarding school. There were other things to be interested in. And it seemed like a nightmare.

All I can say is that when I paint, I am looking at things that are in the world.

God should always be in the first place in our lives

One learns to adapt to the land in which one lives.

It is a fatal fault to reason whilst observing, though so necessary beforehand and so useful afterwards.

I think I do pretty well with child characters. It's hard to write kids that are realistic, not annoying, and bring something to the story.

I despise him for himself, and hate him for the memories he revives!

I want to be with you forever and beyond.

The old languages - at least the ones I know - don't have gender. They don't have gendered pronouns. There's no "he" and "she." A human being is a human being.

Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.

I'm just beginning to direct. For all intents and purposes, this is the first time for me

I remember everyone asking, 'What did you do to get so thin? You looked great.' I looked emaciated.