Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.

I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.

Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.

I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books.

After pop art, graffiti is probably the biggest art movement in recent history to have such an impact on culture.

Andy Warhol defined Pop Art.

Art dealing is when you're doing it as a business.

Art, film, fashion, music are all going on and interacting simultaneously. And L.A. is very receptive to that fusion.

Celebrity has become, for better or worse, an art form. An artist can use themselves as a medium to become a celebrity as a walking work of art.

Dennis Hopper is one of the great American lives.

Effective fund-raising is based on relationships.

From 1940 to the present, the art world - and particularly Los Angeles - has undergone a transformation not unlike the Italian Renaissance.

I believe that an art exhibition can be engaging, fun and deeply intellectually satisfying and serious. These are not contradictory concepts in art.

Many of the museum directors who make an impact personally curate exhibitions.

Part of my agenda has been to support art that engages life with people.

There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux.

What I hope is I'll eventually be seen as an actual individual, not as some abstraction - an art dealer running a museum.

Disney is our contemporary landscape. The best art will reflect that and challenge you. Disney comforts you, whereas the best art shakes up your comfort level and perception.

Every day you run into artists on the streets in SoHo or other creative people you want to do something with. There's nothing to match that chance encounter.