Themes recur again and again in my work.

If the chemistry is right between star and photographer and the geometry of the pictures pleases the star, often the two people end up with a long-term professional friendship during which they continue to work together and to produce highly personal images.

You should never reveal your true age.

What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing... if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph.

...if you think of modern art like sex in all its forms - heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual, multipartnered, bestial, whatever, with absolutely no holds barred and with everything available and permissible - that would be modern art.

What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be 'curiosity.

If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it's already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer.