I immersed myself in books and rock 'n' roll, the adolescent salvation.

When I'm on my own with my camera, taking these pictures, it feels as if I am in a room of my own, a self-contained world.

It will not fall away. Man cannot judge it. For art sings of God, and ultimately belongs to Him.

Fate is like a secret friend that helps push you on into life.

I don't care whether they're men or women, that's bullshit. A good writer can get into any gender, can get into any mouth. When I write I may be a Brando creep, or a girl laying on the floor, or a Japanese tourist, or a slob like Richard Speck. You have to be a chameleon when you're writing.

So my last image was as the first. A sleeping youth cloaked in light, who opened his eyes with a smile of recognition for someone who had never been a stranger.

The film [Dream of Life] is the way it is because it was the rhythm of my life, and also because the director and the editor are both gifted and both fine human beings.