I Lose Patience With Long

Your Vigor For Life Appalls Me.

I Always Had A Sketchbook With Me When I Was Young. I Was Hiding Behind It, Basically, Hiding Behind Drawing Because I Couldn't Cope With People In Real Life; I Was Very Shy And Very Nervous Around People.

I Couldn't Find Any Good Pictures In Magazines Of Ordinary Modern Street Corners In America, So I Persuaded This Guy I Knew In Sacramento - Stanley Something-or-other - To Spend A Day With Me Driving Around Just To Take Snapshots.

Some Things I Won't Do For Any Amount Of Money. That's So Demoralizing And Goes Against Every Principle That I Hold. It's Like, Okay, Some Rich People Can Buy Me Because I'm A Talented Guy. They Can Buy Talent. You Can't Buy It For Yourself, But You Can Buy Other People's Talent To Serve Your Purposes. And Once An Artist Does That, He Becomes Like A Plaything Of The Rich. You Know, Some Of These Wealthy Collectors Have Paid Lots Of Money For Artwork That I Already Did, But I Didn't Do It With The Intention Of Catering To Them.

The Bible Was Not Written For Entertainment Purposes, So It's A Real Hodgepodge And A Compendium Of All Kinds Of Stuff.