I never really made any money and it certainly cost me more to take photographs than I got for them.

You're like a turd that won't flush.

The alcohol was awful. I was a terrible alcoholic. I mean, people used to ask how much drugs I did. I said, 'I only do drugs so I can drink more'. I was doing the coke so I could drink more. I mean, I don't know any other reason. I'd start drinking in the morning. I'd drink all day long.

I was very shy, and it was a lot easier for me to communicate if I had a camera between me and other people.

It takes more than going down to the video store and renting "Easy Rider" to be a rebel.

I think of [my photographs] as found paintings because I don't crop them, I don't manipulate them or anything. So they're like found objects to me.

I should have been dead ten times over. I've thought about that a lot. I believe in miracles. It's an absolute miracle that I'm still around.