I am what I photograph.

All photography is propaganda.

Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.

With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.

I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.

You have to take a lot of bad pictures. Dont' be afraid to take bad pictures... You have to take a lot of bad pictures in order to know when you've got a good one.

You can read a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: across cultures, the beach is that rare public space in which all absurdities and quirky national behaviors can be found.

The easy bit is picking up a camera and pointing and shooting. But then you have to decide what it is you’re trying to say and express.

You can't learn passion, either you've got it or you haven't.

We are drowning in images. Photography is used as a propaganda tool, which serves to sell products and ideas. I use the same approach to show aspects of reality.

Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate, and that is an aspect that I have to puncture. I do that by showing the world as I really find it.

If you're a bird... I'm a bird...

No matter what, make an effort to react positively to each event.

Fear is the anticipation of the pain in the future. Anger is the remembrance of pain in the past. Hostility is wanting to get even.

Well, Drew. Makes you feel any better. There's one thing that Kelly and this title have in common. They'll never be seen with you.

The one who swallows cactuses with spines should not complain about hemorrhoids.

I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.

If I felt like not saying what was on the cue card, I would. We rarely did retakes.

Virtue, vain word, futile shadow, slave of chance! Alas! I believe in thee!

These are things they need to hear, baby. It's their history.

My mother had a book club that would dissolve into opening wine.