My life there[in New York] was almost entirely about gay men for 30 years.

I had said that when the first Bush got elected that I would leave the country. And when the second Bush wasn't even elected properly.

I never read theory. I think that was to my benefit.

I'm not ashamed of my body and you know everything in the fashion world, if I was vulnerable to it, could drive me crazy. I think it produces so much self-hatred.

Some people have become [in U.S] a lot more conservative but I can't really speak about that because I wasn't there. I feel compassion for their pain but it distresses me to see them all become more patriotic.

My work is mostly about memory. It is very important to me that everybody that I have been close to in my life I make photographs of them.

I have very healthy strong relationships with women.