The only time this happened to me before was in Jil Sander in Berlin where they said, "We have nothing that will fit you." I said, "Yes, you do." And I found something great. This happens to me in Paris again and again and again. They don't carry anything over size 40 which is nothing, because I wear a size 42 or 44 but that's hard to find in Paris among the designer clothes. All stores are like that.

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.

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.

Usually people just do their own work. But I want to deal with the place and what it means to show in a mental hospital.

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

I wasn't there [in U.S] when the city was bombed but it seems to have changed my friends.

I also met Dominique Sanda, who I always worshipped.