I was attracted to the concept of Hollywood and the lifestyle here. But I've grown to mistrust it because it has changed. I didn't bargain for digital access parking in some concrete structure. Real heaven for me was to drive somewhere and park right in front. Now the city is going vertical.

I don't do social media of any kind. If I did, I may as well join Scientology.

I have no social agenda with my work. I'm deadpan about it.

I wasn't captivated by the romance of Paris or London. I love visiting, but I'd rather be in L.A.

My pictures are not that interesting, nor the subject matter. They are simply a collection of facts; my book is more like a collection of Ready-mades.

I'm interested in glorifying something that we in the world would say doesn't deserve being glorified. Something that's forgotten, focused on as though it were some sort of sacred object.

The fact that few painter-fine-artists used photography in their work made it appealing.