I used to think of that line in Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl', about the 'sad cup of coffee'.. ..I have had cold coffee and hot coffee and lousy coffee, But I've never had a sad cup of coffee.

Well, I like way downtown near the Battery. I lived down there at this time and for, I guess, the following well, this is where I moved to uptown and I've been here for four years and this is 1965.

I've not been cursed with talent, which could be a great inhibitor.

You wait until life is in the frame, then you have the permission to click. I like the adventure of waiting until the whole frame is full.

The working process is ideally freeing my mind.

Most artists try to break your heart, or they accidentally break their own hearts.But I find the quietness in the ordinary much more satisfying.

I'm quite taken aback when I get something that appears to be technically a good photograph, because it's not necessarily my intention.