I like not knowing too much about somebody I'm photographing, because the process also becomes an experience for me to learn about .

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.

Eight years in the Wolston academy and I knew it all came down to the next 90 minutes.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you.

For me, the card catalog has been a companion all my working life. To leave it is like leaving the house one was brought up in.

An undefined goal is unreachable.

At my age, I don’t need to be a sexy bundle of muscles, thank you very much.

I directed an episode of 'Party of Five' toward the very end of that show. It was a great experience.

I just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don't want to stop.

When i want to hear new music, i make it

Most of our country's serious problems can be laid at the feet of Congress and the White House and not at capitalism.