In the war of magic and religion, is magic ultimately the victor? Perhaps priest and magician were once one, but the priest, learning humility in the face of God, discarded the spell for prayer.

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

I've always thrived on the encouragement of others.

You can't carve up the world. It's not a pie.

My introduction to photography and a lot of how I developed aesthetically was through '50s and early-'60s fashion magazines like Harper's Bazaar and Vogue.

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 never really wanted to be a singer - not with any longevity. But I always wanted to be a writer.