I was making a film [Dream of Life] about Patti [Smith], but I was taking pictures, too.

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.

Believe that your life is not ordinary and never look down on what you can do to impact a life.

I embrace my sensitivity and let it enhance my joy every day.

Leave it to you to find a legal way to do something illegal

Every thought creates a plan, every decision creates a way forward, every action brings forth tangible assets. Everything starts from the mind my friend.

We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in place that allows us to produce more than we can find a market for.

Chess is 99 percent calculation.

The world should not be organized to require heroines, and when one is required but fails to appear, we should not judge.

I don't want to hear of any of you men getting into any fights with the British. But if you do, you'd better not get whipped.

I believe that sometimes people come into your life at exactly the right moment to give you exactly what you need at that moment.

Wars come and wars go but the world does not change: it will always forget an indebtedness which it thinks it expedient not to remember.