“[...] I've come to the conclusion that the artist can not justify life or come up with a cogent reason as to why life is meaningful, but the artist can provide you with a cold glass of water on a hot day.”

“Sex between a man and a woman can be wonderful, provided you can get between the right man and the right woman.”

“The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.”

“You know how you're always trying to get things to come out perfect in art because it's real difficult in life”

“Life is short. Short, and not about anything except what you can touch and what touches you.”

“Why not? Life is short, life is dull, life is full of pain - and this is a chance for something special.”

“You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.”