Sometimes when people look at the work I've done with my family, they think it's autobiographical. But it really isn't. It's more about the idea of family.

When you're with people that are aware of the fact that you're a photographer, they'll say, "Oh, look at that! That's something to take a picture of!" That's almost a sure sign that you shouldn't do it.

I'm pretty solitary when I take pictures. Even when I take pictures of people, I just go about my own way of doing it.

In New York, unlike Holland, there are newspaper stands on every corner. That was a big headline all over the city.

I have always made films simultaneously, so they go hand in hand. I think that my books are like films.

Holland is a fairly small country, and in a weird way, somewhat conservative. That might surprise people because it is a very tolerant place, but it's also a somewhat Calvinist country. There isn't much flexibility in changing people's perspectives.

I always thought that I was lazy because I could never tell if I was working or not. I was making things, which doesn't seem like work.