I would bring Patti [Smith ] in to the editing room [working on the Dream of Life] and say, "This is a great moment for a voiceover, or a poem," and then we'd bring in some sound design.

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.

Your ability is your power. Others’ opinions can make it sour.

The one who can draw your widest smileis also the one who can throw youto the farthest exile

You can never totally control your ego, but you can understand it enough to make it control itself by convincing it that you are doing what it wants.

Every actor wants to win an Oscar, full stop. It doesn't mean you try to design things around how to accomplish that because that's impossible.

Memory only becomes interesting through its struggle with forgetfulness.

I like to sit in my backyard. I go out on the hammock and sit in silence and kind of meditate. Nature is calming, and it's nice to go out there and clear my head.

For the night is dark and full of terrors.

Life comes in the form of opportunities, which are easy to recognize, after they have been wasted.

It is an important thing, in our never-ending pursuit of happiness, to stop and just be happy for a while.

Go for the impossible. I always tried to find my own limits. So far I did not find them, so my universe is in constant expansion.