We have the ability to make the connection, make the time to pray and meditate. We have to find our inner voice that will guide us. But we can only find it if we get quiet.

I shoot fantasy. If you want reality, ride the bus

My pictures are about getting as far away from reality as possible. Dreams should be part of our everyday life.

If you want reality take the bus.

People say photographs don't lie, mine do.

I think we're in a post-pornographic time and nothing seems shocking, but everything remains carnal no matter what you do.

Prostitutes go to heaven. It's their clients that go to hell.

I wanted it to provide an escape route, I wanted to make pictures that were fantastic and took you into another world, one that was brighter. I started off with this idea.

I'm a photographer, period. I love photography, the immediacy of it. I like the craft, the idea of saying 'I'm a photographer.'

I didn’t see any difference between being a photographer or being an artist. I didn’t make those boundaries. If someone wants to think it’s art, that’s great, but I’ll let history decide.

I have no interest in being famous. I just want to make famous photographs.

To get to where you need to be, you have to go where you don't feel prepared to go.

When you look back, most days in life seem ordinary, but there are some that change your life forever and remain etched in your memory.

~ Tolerance increases hope between people and their voice of conscience.

You are always going to face forces that can bring you to your knees.

Frequent and violent temptations were a proof that the citadel of the soul had not fallen and that the devil raged to make it fall.

There are those that hate and those that love, it all works out the same.

I didn't need it [formal training], because I've got the best taste in the world.

I will take a little bit of credit because I did come up with 'you're welcome.'

There is nothing in your mind which wasn't experienced before hand.