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.

Remember, we are mortal, but poetry is not.

Social media could be very strong in terms of bringing people together but it also takes up so much of people's time that I wonder if we've lost the ability to daydream.

Committing great work does not necessarily feed you.

You can't make a mistake when you improvise.

It got to the point where I started hiding because I didn't want to be photographed. (On living with Robert Mapplethorpe)

People need space to air out their thoughts, to have a sense of themselves - unfettered by anything.