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Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.

I think people have come to know me, and I don't deviate too much as an individual. What you see is what you get.

Now it seems like a lot more people recognize me.

I always find it flattering when somebody recognizes me.

Why is it so unutterably beneficial, the thought that someone besides myself knows me?

When people don't know who you are, they're seeing your work for the first time. But if they've seen a lot, getting certain things across is a more difficult.

A little recognition is not a bad thing because it means people appreciate your work. The only problem is when you can't walk down the street or have a meal without people looking at you. I want to be the one looking at people.

People are more likely to pass me on the street without recognizing me, and that's good.

Like, people recognizing me on the street never interested me.

I see that people now recognize me in the street. But it doesn't change me in the depth of my being.