“I don't think I’m a religious person in traditional terms (like I don't go to church or temple or anything like that), but I am a poet and somebody once told me every poet that they have ever known either wanted to be a literary writer or a minister.  And I found that interesting because I think art requires a certain degree of belief in the art, because you’re not doing it for the money or the fame; you’re painting or drawing or writing because you believe its value.  So in that sense, maybe I am religious.”