I wanted my wild things to be frightening.
I don't want to lose hope.
When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does.
You can start making up any kind of story if you want to.
We all want to be renewed, don't we?
You don't want to do something that's all terrifying.
I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child.
There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen
I want to see me to the end working, living for myself. Ripeness is all.
I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.
It is such an abundance of idiocy that you lose courage. That you lose hope. I don't want to lose hope. I get through every day. I'm pretty good. I work. I sleep. I sing. I walk.
All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.