"I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation goes I purposely avoid a high degree of difficulty."

"Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes."

"All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary."

"Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways."

"You'd have to have one hell of an imagination to completely make up a story, but historians are very anal about what they think should be portrayed on screen. Thankfully they don't make movies we do."

"Like most citizens of popular and international urban centres, I don't take advantage of the cultural opportunities. Perhaps this comes from growing up in suburbia. Home is where you eat, sleep, read, watch television and ignore your parents. It is not where you go to the ballet and then attend a heated panel discussion about it afterwards."

"Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight."

"I see theater as a simple formula. Audience plus players plus story makes the play."