I knew from the age of five what I wanted to do. The one thing I could do was draw. I couldn't draw that much better than some of the other kids, but I cared more and I wanted it badly.

While photography is the easiest medium in which to be competent, it is the hardest in which to develop an idiosyncratic personal vision.

I can't always reach the image in my mind... almost never, in fact... so that the abstract image I create is not quite there, but it gets to the point where I can leave it.

Having a routine, knowing what to do, gives me a sense of freedom and keeps me from going crazy. It's calming.

Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you.

I'm very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I'm doing.