I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay and no one thought anything about it.

Happiness? No, it's not there for me.

When I have sex with someone I forget who I am. For a minute I even forget I'm human. It's the same thing when I'm behind a camera. I forget I exist.

The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.

I wish I could be elegant.

I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied.

I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.

I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it.

I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.

If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.

I just want to be written about as a normal artist.

I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.

I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.

Beauty and the devil are the same thing.

Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.

I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.

I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself.

I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay and no one thought anything about it.

I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.

My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.

You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.

I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.

I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.

I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.

One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself.

I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.

When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.

Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.

I'm not a photojournalist.

I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.

People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.

This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.

Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.

With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.

My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.

If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.

The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.

I just try to live my life and do my thing.

My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.

I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring.

I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

My cousins gay, he went to London only to find out that Big Ben was a clock.

I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and we're not ready to see it used in ways that offend us.

The media seems to think only abortion and gay marriage are religious issues. Poverty is a moral issue, it's a faith issue, it's a religious issue.

I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on screen. It wouldn't be at all difficult for me to kiss a woman - I'll kiss a frog if you like.

I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church.

I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with them.