We look at the Mona Lisa and say we're going to do our version of the Mona Lisa. We mirror it. But exaptation would say that painting the Mona Lisa would lead to a whole new place... Bugs Bunny.

My working habit is to separate my aims as a painting from my aims as a poet. They come from very different places and ultimately lead me to very different places... I'll leave what I mean by 'places' ambiguous.

When people ask me for secrets to writing, I say, 'Read to write.'

The thing that I've decided is, I don't want to be invisible, but I'd like to be transparent. I want people to see what I'm thinking and see through me.

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration.

I could live a normal life. My motivation is only to take on new challenges.