You find the people that you need to find. There's this gravitational pull.

I didn't have to be friends with people who were into pop music.

I really don't want to be part of just one group. I'm interested in doing everything - making music videos, shooting campaigns, having -gallery and museum shows, making movies. Everyone wants to put you in a box, and I'm afraid I'm not that kind of person.

I was voted most artistic in school.

I knew my ticket out of the suburbs was art school, so I worked really hard to develop my portfolio and get a scholarship.

A camera gives you a purpose.

I got a lot of attention when I was really young, and people have it in their minds that I'm still 24 years old. So I made the decision that I had photographed everything I was interested in in New York. New York is a town you have to embrace, but you also need to leave. I may revisit it one day, but for me it's a place to live rather than one to make work in.