I do remember, the first time we met [with Patti Smith], the door opening with a squeak. And then there was this very beautiful girl looking out.

Because the filming process was so organic and there was no script, the film [Dream of Life] was literally telling us what it wanted to be in the editing room.

I just wanted to be Patti's [Smith] messenger and get her word out there.

Sometimes my fashion pictures can look a little bit like documentary style pictures. So having a camera in my hand was normal.

For me, moving from photography to film was very easy.

Fashion has also been a great outlet, and I'd like to do more fashion photography in the future. I also photograph a lot of artists.

Fashion's been really good to me. It financed Patti Smith: Dream of Life.

I didn't do well in high school, but I took photography, and I loved being able to capture moments.

Many of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school.

I never went to film school, so I just sort of learned on my own.

Patti [Smith] was my experiment, to be honest. And the film is what we got out of it. At the end of the day, I learned a lot about how to make a film.

Suffer love! A good ephitet! I do suffer love indeed, for I love thee against my will.

Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want out.

As for a limit to one’s labors, I, for one, do not recognize any for a high-minded man, except that the labors themselves should lead to noble accomplishments.

I'm a generally optimistic person.

We are supposed to be on the side of goodness in the sense that we need it, not that we are it.

Suffering does not befall him who is without attachment to names and forms.

When you're in love with God, you're not afraid to yield your life to Him.

The best people know that there are two phases in every crisis: the one where you manage it and the other where you learn from it. To succeed you have to do both

It is difficult to go on the next night after you receive a sandbagging.

It is hard to compare the eras, but Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb from the past, Sandy Koufax and Roger Clements from the present.