That's when I feel really excited about a painting. When it starts to feel real, when it feels like it has a personality.

I'm never interested in the painting being a mirror to culture. I think that's really boring. What I'm interested in is painting as an affective space. The place where the hierarchies of the world can be rearranged within the space of a painting. And they can be articulated in different ways.

The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.

I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.

When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it.

I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina.