I shot [Dream of Life] all on 16-millimeter, and I just wanted to learn about Patti [Smith].

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.

I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

The way something looks is the last thing we figure out

Have your own life before you become somebody's wife.

He was a father. That's what a father does.Eases the burdens of those he loves. Saves the ones he loves from painful last images that might endure for a lifetime.

The doctrine that the cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy is like saying that the cure of crime is more crime.

With my brains and your looks, we could go places.

It's kind of rebellious to be yourself.

I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.

Nothing can go wrong in this world but yourself ; and you can go wrong only by getting into the wrong mental attitude.