I'm Not Afraid To Play Ugly -

Every Great Story Seems To Begin With A Snake.

I'll Speak For Myself, But There's A Lot Of Humor To Be Found In Sarcasm And Darkness. You Talk To Any Paramedic, They Survive By Developing A Pretty Off-kilter Sense Of Humor.

I Like The Idea Of Being Involved In Pictures That Can Entertain The Entire Family And Can Stimulate Youngsters Into Looking At Picture Books. There's Nothing Wrong With That.

I See Myself As A Student. I Would Never Call Myself A Master Or A Maestro. If You Take The Path Of The Student, That Means You Have To Try A Little Bit Of Everything In Hopes That You're Going To Learn Something Or Strike Some Kind Of New Note, Expression In The Process. I'm Not Going For Grades; I'm Going For An Education. I'm Going To Continue Experimenting And Trying New Things To Try To Evolve And Learn.

I Needed To Change My Name Just To Liberate Myself And Find Out I Could Do It Without Walking Into A Hollywood Casting Office With The Name Coppola.