Whenever I see a Frans Hals, I feel the desire to paint; but when I see a Rembrandt, I want to give it up.

I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.

When I see what I want, I do it.

I feel like my job is to look at the world and to report what I see, to write what I see as honestly and directly as I can. I don't want to cut it or make it easy, but be as direct as I can.

I write what I see; I paint what I am.

Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.