American magazines are becoming very patriotic beyond belief to the point that I can't live there any more.

[John] Cassavetes, "Killing of a Chinese Booker", "Opening Night" are my favourites.

She has that kind of baby face, a very young face. So I was interested in working with Kate [Moss].

No place could be less sympathetic to my politics than America.

The idea that a fashion photograph could make you cry doesn't happen. And I'm proud to say that my slideshows can make people cry.

A lot of people seem to think that art or photography is about the way things look, or the surface of things. That's not what it's about for me. It's really about relationships and feelings...it's really hard for me to do commercial work because people kind of want me to do a Nan Goldin. They don't understand that it's not about a style or a look or a setup. It's about emotional obsession and empathy.

I never, never photograph someone getting high to sell clothes. I was called, at some point, the person responsible for "heroin chic". I didn't have anything to do with "heroin chic".