Yes, photography saved my life. Every time I go through something scary, traumatic, I survive by taking pictures.

I never thought heroin was very chic.

Actually, I think what is being shown as beauty in fashion magazines right now has become particularly ugly. This kind of straight, blonde very conservative.

In '83 I started travelling round Europe with my slide show. It wasn't until I moved to Europe and got accepted in a big way in Berlin in the '90s that I got acceptance by the big art world in New York. I didn't really get to be known, or in the market, til '93 in New York.

I've been alone for about eight years and it doesn't bother me.

Stella McCartney is [my] big fan.

Gena Rowlands is fabulous.