I've always been interested in space in pictures. I think my going deaf increased my spatial sense, because I can't get the direction of sound. I feel that I see space very clearly, and that's because I can't hear it. So it's a compensatory thing.

West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things.

Photoshop came out of painting, and now it's going back to painting.

The camera can't see space. It sees surfaces. People see space, which is much more interesting.

I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.

Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world!

As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more.