When you are in a long relationship, sometimes you forget who you are, what you love to do.

People say, Why dont you just paint with paintbrushes? I say that I feel more connected to my painting using my skin. Its very tribal in a way - savage!

Im too sensitive and too sincere.

At times I ask myself if I shouldnt be living a more regular, stable life with a 9-to-5 job. Then I think about it and realise that there is no point in planning everything.

Im so not into being emaciated.

I can be very messy and disorganized. And I don't throw away anything.

Consistency is the belt that fastens excellence in position. If you don't do it repeatedly, you'll not excel in it.

Everything in Scripture is either preparation for the Gospel, presentation of the Gospel, or participation in the Gospel.

I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad.

Like many indelible family memories, carving a pumpkin begins with someone grabbing a really sharp knife.

Mythology is like gravity, inconvenient at times, but necessary for cohesion.

My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black.

The one thing about being a creator, about being an artist, is that you get to explore your ideas. We're fortunate that we're in the position to do that, and I don't take it for granted.

There are stories you build and there are stories you construct; then there are the stories that you hack out of rock removing all the things that are not the story.

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.

In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer.