I'm not a rapper, I'm a godverse legend.

In a way, if you like, at one end of the spectrum of sympathy, you've got the tabloid newspaper. At the other end of the spectrum, you've got tragedy and tragic art. And I suppose I'm arguing that we should learn a little bit about what's happening in tragic art. It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser. He is not a loser, though he has lost. And I think that is the message of tragedy to us, and why it's so very, very important, I think.

I'm a transvestite potter who won the Turner Prize - that's quite a niche.

你不能只是坐下来写一本书。书不是那样写出来的。书是通过过你的生活，对世界开放，通过注意来写出来的。