I think San Francisco is the best place in the whole world for an easy life.

I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

When people ask me silly questions about my private life, I just say, I don't discuss that.

Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.

Some people say to me, Isn't it too bad that people discovered you so late? I never thought that.

When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.