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

I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost.

Now what I like is that other artists know my work and are interested in me or want to collaborate.

I start to paint my walls. And I'm heavily influenced by films.

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

When I put my big retrospective together in '96 [for the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York], I saw that there were all these pictures of people inside looking out. All these pictures of women in water and mirrors. I don't know what it means.

I like it [Rotterdam] much better than Amsterdam which is too much like a postcard. It's too cute for me. Rotterdam is more real, it's got a stomach.