I think a lot of us who are in books now were nervous children.
I wonder how anybody can think his personality changes with his success. I've had quite a bit of success but I feel that I'm just the same person as I always was.
No matter how thin you slice it it's still baloney.
Many of the younger generation know my name in a vague way and connect it with grotesque inventions, but don't believe that I ever existed as a person. They think I am a nonperson, just a name that signifies a tangled web of pipes or wires or strings that suggest machinery. My name to them is like a spiral staircase, veal cutlets, barber's itch—terms that give you an immediate picture of what they mean.
I, I don't think anybody's continually happy, uh, except idiots, you know. You know, you have to have little moments of depression.
And, uh, I've got about six thousand cartoons up there, also books and papers.
I didn't have any real art training, but when I was about twelve nad thirteen, another boy and I went to a sign painter's house every Friday night and took lessons.
The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.
I think people love nature after they experience it. I know I experienced it as a young man - I took a lot of hikes, I was involved in scouting.
I've been in situations where I've been sent scripts to direct, and I always end up becoming very controlling and wanting to rewrite it to fit what I think it should say, and it just usually doesn't work.
Experimental artists build their skills gradually over the course of their careers, improving their work slowly over long periods. These artists are perfectionists and are typically plagued by frustration at their inability to achieve their goals.