[My subjects] look lost because that is how I see life. I think we are all a bit lost, lost in a world we can't understand.

The images are compositions of photos superimposed over painted backgrounds, then finished off with digital alterations.

Usually I work with a digital camera and compose my works digitally or give them a finish on the computer, in order to make them meet my ideas perfectly.

I don't care about traditional photography. I want more control.

I still think as a painter - especially in terms of structuring a picture... I carefully choose the models, costumes, requisites, and backdrops of my photographs.

I use different media, but I still think as a painter. I organize my forms and colors on a screen like a painter does on a canvas.

This mountain must come down, the mountain of ignorance has to be brought down

Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done.

I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.

Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.

I went to jail. I looked like one of those savings-and-loan guys leaving the jail house.

Whatsoever misfortunes there are Here in this world or in the next, They all have their root in Ignorance And in the accumulation of Longing and Desire.

I would not consider my spirituality worthwhile that wants to walk in sweetness and ease and run from the imitation of Christ.

Why, I wonder, should the popularity of a news story matter to me? Does it mean it's a good story or just a seductive one?

I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you.

As long as capital-both human and money-can move toward opportunity, trade will not balance.