I was pretty Irish Catholic Jersey, the middle of the line.

I didn't have much of a life in crime as a graffiti writer.

My photographs are a celebration of life, fun and the beautiful. They are a world that doesn't exist. A fantasy. Freedom is real. There are no rules. The life I wish I was living.

I've been attracted to Kate Moss since I was a teenager.

It's weird being a photographer because you really have to divorce yourself from the image.

I don't want to be an artist that gets stuck doing one thing. I don't want to be an artist who people look back at and say, 'His early work was really great.

I think the driving force when I moved to New York was the fear of going home with my tail between my legs.

In a lot of ways I look at these old photos, and I don't know if I would have been able to communicate with these people on this level if I didn't have a camera. I think I would still be so shy.

I just remember how excited I was to have a boyfriend and be in love and to document it.

I'm making the art for me first. I'm making it because these are the pictures I want to see. I'm making pictures that don't yet exist.

I spent all of my money on film. I remember I would do these set-design jobs or transcribe or just anything to get, like, a $100 check and go immediately to Adorama and buy expired film.

An avalanche is just a snowflake that got pissed off.

You may have tangible wealth untold. Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be -I had a mother who read to me

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.

I think I'm careful. My goal is to try to stay away as much from opinion journalism as possible.

Take Lisp, you know its the most beautiful language in the world -- at least up until Haskell came along.

Actors want to work. Give them characters they want to play, or a story they want to tell, and hopefully the budget will follow.

Anything that I want, I must also be ok with not having, otherwise it's idolatry.

To recognize yourself in a character onscreen, and to connect with them, you gotta recognize their flaws; they gotta feel like a real person.

Crowns have their compass-length of days their date- Triumphs their tomb-felicity, her fate- Of nought but earth can earth make us partaker, But knowledge makes a king most like his Maker.