No Jews have our own guilt, that's why we have psychiatrists - the Jewish version of a priest.

The thing that drives me most crazy in the world is not to be believed.

Plastic surgery is distressingly popular and I feel that the fashion industry has killed tens of thousands of women over the years from anorexia.

I think it's obscene that many people are starving to death from anorexia. It's been said many times, it's trite. But when so much evil is going on against, for example the Afghani people, where women are being so oppressed that a woman's body is a battlefield.

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

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

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.