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" Just because you're gay doesn't mean you're not homophobic. "

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" I found that pottering is very conducive to my creative process, so now, I find myself being incredibly creative because I've got such much to procrastinate with. "

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" If the only reason to be on stage communicating with people is to tell them a joke and make them laugh, that seems thin for me. That has a place - I don't think it should stop happening - but for me, I don't know. I just don't. "

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" The art world doesn't exist in a vacuum. "

" Stories appeal to humanity. "

" I've got Asperger's. I come at things from sideways. "

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" A lot of people have told me they have mothers like my mother. I seriously doubt it. "

" I think most people's view is that selfies are just vanity and stupid, but I think they're really great. "

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" 'Nanette' has been a journey. She went from being something of a personal little blast to the world from me, that I expected would seal me off into the margins as far as my career is concerned, and into an idiosyncratic sort of life beyond all of that. "

" Shame has its place. Shame is what you do to a kid to stop them running on the road. And then you take the shame away, and immediately, they're back in the fold. You should never soak anybody in shame. It's the prolonged existence of shame that then flips out into destructive rage. We can't exist in that. It's like treacle. "

" I'm a pretty good procrastinator. "

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" This adoration of an artist as a lone genius is quite misled, I think, because they are very much part of their time and their community. "

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" I get anxiety and distressed from external stimuli quite easily, so if I'm in a constant state of self-protection, it's exhausting. "

" To get recognized in New York is weird because that's definitely a place you shouldn't be recognized. "

" The sheer number of paintings of unconscious women is distressing. "

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