The photographs don't arouse me. All I can think about is the hard work it took to make them.

It's quite true that what I am aiming at, even when I take portraits, is to get a scandalous picture. I would love to be a paparazzo.

I like photographing the people I love, the people I admire, the famous, and especially the infamous. My last infamous subject was the extreme right wing French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen.

My women are always victorious.

In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard look; clapboard houses, staircases outdoors.

Genius and taste don't go together.

Some people's photography is an art. Not mine. Art is a dirty word in photography. All this fine art crap is killing it already.