Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.

The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts from its greed-based origins, downsizes, and begins to support creative visions that speak to our times and shifting ideals.

The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.

The new job of art is to sit on the wall and get more expensive.

I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller.

Art must take reality by surprise.

What you have now is a Hollywood that is pure poison. Hollywood was a central place in the history of art in the 20th century: it was human idealism preserved. And then, like any great place, it collapsed, and it collapsed into the most awful machinery in the world.

I have a small house so I borrow everything except art, that's what I love.

I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! It's an art form. I talk a lot. And I think a lot. And I draw a lot. But never in a million years would I have been a parent. That's just work that's too hard.