The Artist Does Not Have To Suffer

My Mother Refused To Give Me Coloring Books As A Child. She Probably Saved Me, Because When You Think About It, What A Coloring Book Does Is Completely Kill Creativity.

As A Teenager, I Was Really Trying To Have Fun 24 Hours A Day. I Didn't Start Thinking Until I Was 20 Or 21. I Was Doing Regular Goof-ball Stuff.

Ideas Are Like Fish. If You Want To Catch Little Fish, You Can Stay In The Shallow Water. But If You Want To Catch The Big Fish, You’ve Got To Go Deeper. Down Deep, The Fish Are More Powerful And More Pure.they’re Huge And Abstract. And They’re Very Beautiful.

The Feature Film Has Changed A Lot. Art Houses Are Gone And People Show A Certain Type Of Cinema In The Big Theaters Now That, You Know, It's Not Quite Really Good For Me, And If I Made A Feature Film, I Was Think I'd Play In La And New York For A Week, And Then Go Right To Television.

I Have To Make What I See, Whether It's A Painting, A Table, Or A Movie, Or It's Like A Death And What Would Be The Point Of That?