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Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.

I am an artist and a political being as well.

For me, writing, drawing, and political activism are three separate pursuits; each has its own intensity. I happen to be especially attuned to and engaged with the society in which I live. Both my writing and my drawing are invariably mixed up with politics, whether I want them to be or not.

Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film.

I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views.

I'm not sure I am a politician. I would say that I am still an artist, and I'm trying to use politics as an instrument for change.

Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.

The truth is that sometimes art may not exactly reflect one's personal politics, but the story, the drama, the thing you're trying to say, might want to go in a certain direction, and while it may seem like it has resonance with things that are happening topically, you kind of want the world you're creating to have its own internal logic.

All art is political in the sense that it serves someone's politics.

Sometimes people say I'm a political comedian, which, actually I'm not. I'm a comedian who sometimes discusses politics, culture - again, the word 'politics' to me is just life.