"Finances completely determine what we can do and how quickly we can move."

“I made work specifically for them not to like. If you made paintings of flowers and someone says they hate it, it's like, "What do you mean? It's a flower!" But if you make a painting of your name and somebody says they hate it, it's like, "Well, why would you like a painting of my name anyway?"”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“Despite my best efforts I’ve seen you naked before – doesn’t do much for me so no worries.”

“When I eat, I always pick out the best parts in the middle and leave everything else on the side. It becomes a big sculptural mess, but there are nice compositional elements about how it all sits on the table.”

Source : Interview with Michel Auder, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 22, 2009.

“I've never been on a show that's run for more than a season.”

“I am not a glutton - I am an explorer of food”

“It sucks, but no Long Islands or margaritas when you drink. It has to be straight vodka.”

Source : "Snooki reveals her weight loss secret -- vodka, straight up!" by Ree Hines, www.today.com. August 31, 2011.

“I've been able to sleep with my eyes open ever since I started watching baseball." "Drinking is such a necessity to human life that people cannot fathom an individual who, like a child confined to a church pew, gets little enjoyment out of it and would rather do other things.”

“It's no use to decide what's going to happen unless you have the courage of your convictions. Many a brilliant idea has been lost because the man who dreamed it lacked the spunk of the spine to put it across.”