She seemed to belong to that pagan, primitive kingdom of birds and forests where everything was infinitely abundant, wild, blooming, and royal in its perpetual decay, death, and rebirth; illicit and clashing with the human world.

I was pushing myself to extremes in order to discover my many selves.

There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.

I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a novel.

I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them.

In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I released the shutter.

Take whatever you can from others, and when there is nothing left, forget about them.