I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.

I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay and no one thought anything about it.

If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.

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.

I think that it was a great advantage to go into photography not knowing much about it. Not thinking. I think one of the problems with many photographers today is that they never see for themselves, but just like everybody else.

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

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