Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures.

My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain.

I hate good taste. It's the worst thing that can happen to a creative person.

The desire to discover, the desire to move, to capture the flavor, three concepts that describe the art of photography.

They often ask me to shoot for them. But I say no. I think an old guy like me ought not take pages away from young photographers who need the exposure.

There must be a certain look of availability in the women I photograph. I think the woman who gives the appearance of being available is sexually much more exciting than a woman who's completely distant. This sense of availability I find erotic.

Some people`s photography is an art. Mine is not. If they happen to be exhibited in a gallery or a museum, that`s fine. But that`s not why I do them. I`m a gun for hire.