You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War.

A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought.

When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.