My desire is to preserve the sense of people’s lives, to endow them with the strength and beauty I see in them. I want the people in my pictures to stare back.

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

It's so rare to see a woman's sexuality, real female sexuality, either in the shows or in the clothes.

One of the major things I really want to work on now is female rage because that's not dealt with at all - and I have a lot of it.

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.

Now what I like is that other artists know my work and are interested in me or want to collaborate.

Stella McCartney is [my] big fan.