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I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.

I am always drawn to men that are funny. I do not know why. But I am always drawn to people that are struggling with parts of themselves... But it's like in the end, there has to be confidence.

I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.

I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.

Human beings have a lot of problems identifying themselves with other human beings who don't resemble them exactly. But there's something about drawing that means that anyone can identify to a drawing. I mean, people can identify themselves with Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse.

I love to draw people's faces. I do that all the time.

Of course you draw from yourself, but the artistic nourishment you want to get is be versatile, do something different, and I think I got a chance to do that in a lot of different ways.

You're demonstrating your own skills in a vulnerable way when you draw.

I draw whatever hits me.

Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive.