Film is not very practical. The new world goes faster, and digital is very fast.

When people ask me which is your favourite portrait, they expect it to be Diana, or someone famous. But the answer is my dog, Puffy. They think I mean Puff Daddy. No, it is the dog.

When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.

Photography is like a moment, an instant. You need a half-second to get the photo. So it's good to capture people when they are themselves.

When you're a fashion photographer, you must inspire a dream.

I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.

I don't take the camera out with me. My eyes are the camera for me every day.

My dog, Puffy. The dog is the perfect portrait subject. He doesn't pose. He isn't aware of the camera.

I love digital, but the only problem is less intimacy. People look at the screen right away. Before, nobody saw the picture before you saw the final picture. There was more privacy in a way.

I love my dog. Actually, the best portrait I did was of my dog.

My stepfather gave me a Kodak camera when I was 17 years old. I started working at a local photo store in Le Havre, France, taking passport pictures and photographing weddings.

Belief in oneself is an essential factor for success in life. It helpsyou surmount challenges on your road to success.

The only thing more dangerous than a willingness to ignore the Law is an ability to change it.

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.

It isn't about singing a particular hymn or reciting a prayer – it's about a relationship with your Heavenly Father who loves and cares for you.

I don't watch TV, so I feel like I'm left out of the American fabric or something.

I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.

The first thing I ever wanted to be was a backup singer for Guns 'n' Roses.

If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets.

The book itself [The Thorn and The Blossom] is bound accordion-style: it has no spine, so it can open in either direction, and it's in a slipcase.