It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.
Success to me is being a good person, treating people well.
I shoot fantasy. If you want reality, ride the bus
My pictures are about getting as far away from reality as possible. Dreams should be part of our everyday life.
If you want reality take the bus.
As an artist you have a choice. You can add more confusion and darkness to the world or you can shine a light, make a beauty.
I think we're in a post-pornographic time and nothing seems shocking, but everything remains carnal no matter what you do.
I'm just really interested in the interface of the individual with the collective. I think that's where the arts live.
When you go into a college of education you've got aspirations of making a difference in people's lives, of loving children, of working with kids, but none of that is affirmed in your college of education. Then you go working in schools, especially in places like New York City and Chicago that I'm most familiar with, and you find these huge aspirations are beaten out of you in a very systematic way - and still people persevere.
We all do that thing which is the best in movies - we relate.
Imagine the amazing good fortune of the generation that gets to see the end of the world. This is as marvelous as being there in the beginning.