We do not make art. We have unnamable motors and dangerous impulses that occupy our thoughts.

I never had a penny to my name, so I changed my name.

It would be strange for me to think I'm being ripped off, because that's what I do!

Is passion what we are? Is that what we are in pictures? Is what we are in pictures almost real? Maybe it's become the most real thing.

The subject comes first, the medium second.

I wouldn't mind people saying, "You can't do this because this isn't enough."

A lot of it's experimental, spontaneous. It's about knocking about in the studio and bumping into things.

The way you would know if someone is famous in the art world is that you would ask your mother. My mother knows who Picasso was. She knows who Warhol was.

I didn't like hovering above myself and looking back, or going through a door and thinking, How many times did I just go through that door? How do I get back? You know, that's not for me.

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.

Writing is not my problem, it is my solution.

If you don’t think you have the blues, just keep living.

There is far more danger of harm than there is hope of good in any radical changes.

I'll also say, yes, I think the change in black consciuosness in recent years has made me more sensitive to injustice in every area of my life.

Even a small act of compassion grants meaning and purpose to our lives.

You don't need others to change in order to be happy.

Harry, guess what?" said Tonks from her perch on top of the washing machine, and she wiggled her left hand at him; a ring glittered there.

To me, when you're at a hotel and your home environment is ultimately dictated by somebody else, I always find that a little bit oppressive and scary in a way.

When out fossil hunting, it is very easy to forget that rather than telling you how the creatures lived, the remains you find indicate only where they became fossilized.