A camera gives you a purpose.

Growing up, my room was covered in posters. I was like, "I want to make posters."

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

I'm always interested in an atmosphere where dreams and reality mingle on equal terms.

I was growing up in the suburbs; I was one of eight kids. So I did have a community when I was younger, but all of my brothers and sisters were older.

Whatever emotions you're going through, you somehow seek out the people that are going through similar emotions or that maybe have something you need.

Just being friends with people now for over 15 years, you realize what we all came out of. What we came out of was the intense feeling of growing up. It sounds kind of cliché, but it's true.