When I'm on my own with my camera, taking these pictures, it feels as if I am in a room of my own, a self-contained world.

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know what you want and pursue it.

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.

Life isn't some vertical or horizontal line -- you have your own interior world, and it's not neat.

I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.

Swift is the arrow, dark is the thorn, the slate is clean, the future awaits, awake.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.

Fight for faith, and hope will be born.

Knowledge is the life of the mind

True humility is being able to accept criticisms as graciously as we accept compliments.

If there was a temperature at which drama boiled, they were all sitting in hot water.

I invent a reason for the Hertz attendant to start the rental car.I am seventy-five years old: this is not the reason I give.

It’s fun to be in a place where ridiculous is normal.

Nobody gets to name you. You are not forgettable. You are not replaceable. You are not your pain. You are sacred and special and alive.

These are the living springs of great thoughts and great actions. Everything grows clear in the reflections from the Infinite.

Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up.

You know, I might miss some of your witticisms when you’re gone, but one thing I won’t miss? Your overwhelming sense of melodrama and despair. It’s too much even for me.