Got to lose control before you take control.

I think that there is an air of experience and aesthetic sophistication that weaves in with the amateur aspects of the film [Dream of Life]; it gives the film a certain elegance.

I find it painful when I'm without anything. But I work in multiple fields. If I can't write, I find myself taking photographs. I can go on the road and perform. But the most important thing for me is writing, and when I hit those walls, it's painful.

I longed to read everything I possibly could, and the things I read in turn produced new yearnings.

The whole process of working with Steven [Sebring] and being filmed by him helped me psychologically to get my feet back on the ground.

No one knows how powerful technology is.

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.