I don't think that there's that much difference between a photograph of a fist up someone's ass and a photograph of carnations in a bowl.

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 had been born one or two hundred years ago, I might have been a sculptor, but photography is a very quick way to see, to make sculpture.

I want to see something I've never seen before.

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

If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.

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