Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.

Many people who excel are self-taught.

I like form and shape and strength in pictures.

Regardless of whether you speak the language or are familiar with a culture, the picture should hold up.

For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye.

Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow.

It's important to let your subjects be themselves.

The education, the cultural awareness, is different in Europe, especially in France, from that in the United States. So I think the public will be much more appreciative of many images.

What I particularly liked was that, coming from California and not being involved in the New York scene, I developed my personal way, in my own way, at my own pace.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

I was an economics major, which I enjoyed because I had a good business sense.

Our children's won't learn Kurdish Language fluently if we don't tech them.

I know that knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing - but they do live in the same neighborhood. I know once again, firsthand, the joy of learning.

Sometimes when I hear criticism of my husband, I want to come out of my seat and clock somebody. But you learn to take a deep breath.

Children...need most of the same things adults need--consideration, respect for their work, the knowledge that they and the things they do are taken seriously.

Compromise is simply changing the question to fit the answer.

I no longer love her, that's certain, but maybe I love her. Love is so short, forgetting is so long.

Everyone's so timid and afraid to insult anybody, but in the end, it's like we're all trying to please everyone. In the end, we please no one.

I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.

I see people with Asperger's syndrome as a bright thread in the rich tapestry of life.

The best style is the style you don't notice.