Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
There is no one who makes decisions for me - never.
Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book.
I would never ever dare to objectify anyone who has fed me, protected me or loved me.
I was was never really exposed to anybody who wasn't just like me until, basically, I went to college.
I have no interest in anyone who wants to criticise me, or doesn't like me despite never having met me.
I couldn't choose a favourite author, but two contemporary writers who have never disappointed me are Tim Winton and Alice Munro.
I had a writing professor at Brandeis who told me I'd never make it - and when I sold my first novel a few years later, I sent him a copy!
I was never really a bohemian. I was a sloppy guy who liked cheap apartments and the arts, and who was very left-wing politically as the 60's progressed, though it took me a little while.
Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first 'Vogue' cover. It was French 'Vogue' - I think in '87 or '88. I think I was the first black model to be on the cover of French Vogue, which was shocking to me because when I asked them about it, they were like, 'Oh, no. We've never had that before.'