You have to find what your temperament is like and live around it. I find I work really well off the top of my head because you get the unconscious into it. Otherwise, it's just an idea. And I'm not so hot there.

What's in front of me is what's most interesting.

What makes everything one is the style.

Most important, for openers, work six hours a day, seven days a week for six years. Then if you like it you can get serious about it.

I like to make an image that is so simple you can't avoid it, and so complicated you can't figure it out.

Sometimes it takes me days or weeks to get something clear in my head on what I want to do. Everything is in steps. One thing leads to another.

I use the iPhone now for information. But with selfies, I don't know what those people are doing. It's like they believe what they see is real, even with the [filters]. And God bless them! But to me, it's not a self-portrait, it's a reality project.