I put all of my time into art because I couldn't go back to Jersey and work at Starbucks.

What I really believe is that there are no coincidences anymore.

In college, all my friends were graffiti writers, but I never wrote graffiti. I wanted to participate and do something cool on the street, so I'd make these portraits of people. I'd isolate them on a white wall, make a silkscreen of it, and do these portraits in bathrooms and all around. That's how I started the Polaroids.

I went through a pretty big David Bowie period when I was younger, and that has affected me profoundly in my life and my work.

A camera gives you a purpose.

My mom had seven kids in seven years, and then she had me 11 years later. So when I was born, my oldest brother was 18. And my youngest brother was 11. By the time I was 7 or 8, everyone had moved out. I went from being with ten people all the time to being an only child. It really freaked me out.

I just remember how excited I was to have a boyfriend and be in love and to document it.