My job is to return abstraction to the people: in a sense, to popularize it without lowering the bar, which is a lot easier said than done.

That's the job of art: to undo the logic of the world.

When I was a teenager, I was very political.

My art is based on impurity. You have to mix things from different refined cultures to get something raw, to make it go again.

The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy.

I've never been more in love with anyone nearly half my age than I am today. I'd get married in a minute if I weren't still married to somebody else.

You can't wake up one day and say 'I'm for gay marriage,' and wake up the next day and say 'I'm against it.' Wake up one day and say, 'I'm pro-choice,' and the next day wake up and say, 'I'm pro-life.' There's no credibility there.

I'm looking forward to it. I'd like to be married.