I always thought if I photographed anyone or anything enough, I would never lose the person, I would never lose the memory, I would never lose the place. But the pictures show me how much I've lost.

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

I don't think of Maria Schneider like idol anymore, because I worshipped her when I was young.

That's where I got the idea to paint the walls of the gallery with varied colours [at the Whitechapel show]. I tried to figure out how all these Renaissance paintings manage to work together.

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

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.

If I want to take a picture, I take it no matter what.