I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn’t. And that’s a tough place to be because you’re never satisfied.

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

I just want to be written about as a normal artist.

I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.

If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.

I don't like that particular word 'shocking.' I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before … I was in a position to take those pictures. I felt an obligation to do them.

This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.