I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.

I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.

I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories.

I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.

One thing I learned working at magazines was that if you couldn't get people to look at a page or a cover, then you were fired. It was all about how you create arresting works, and by arresting I mean stop people, even for a nano-second.

I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.