I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am not a politics wonk. I like the idea of my writing reflecting more about who I am or other people.
Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.
I'm a warrior at heart; I'm an ex-Navy Seal. I'm too old to wage war anymore, and so now I wage it mentally. And so I find politics very stimulating; it's war without guns.
My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life.
You can't talk about life without talking about politics. You have to have both. If you're just a political person, you're going to burn out. If you, as an artist, are just focused inward, you're going to eventually be irrelevant.
I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.
I still paint. I love the joy that color can give to our lives and to our communities. I try to bring something of the artist in me to my politics.
I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind; and I cannot do anything else but write about it.
I am an artist and a political being as well.
My art and poetry is very political now. Because you've got to find that truth within you and express yourself. Somewhere out there, I know, there will be people who will listen.