I like to look at pictures, all kinds. And all those things you absorb come out subconsciously one way or another. You'll be taking photographs and suddenly know that you have resources from having looked at a lot of them before. There is no way you can avoid this. But this kind of subconscious influence is good, and it certainly can work for one. In fact, the more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.

You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.

Happiness? No, it's not there for me.

My work is about seeing - seeing things like they haven't been seen before.

People have done pornographic pictures forever, but most of the people who involve themselves in explicit sexuality aren't really artists.

Whether it's an orgy or a cocktail party, I know how to do it.

I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.