I like Stella [McCartney] a lot - she's a very open and warm person. I don't particularly want to know about her background.

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

I'm very influenced by a lot of things, but my chief influence is my friends and what I see and what I feel and my own experiences and memory.

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

I also photographed Maggie Cheung - but these didn't develop into a friendship either.

I like Stella [McCartney] a lot - she's a very open and warm person. I don't particularly want to know about her background.

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.