I had to get my camera to register things that were more important than how poor they were--their pride, their strength, their spirit.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

To know ahead of time what you're looking for means you're then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false.

To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention.

You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will wait for you.

Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.

One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.

Seeing is more than a physiological phenomenon... We see not only with our eyes but with all that we are and all that our culture is. The artist is a professional see-er.

The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the objects.

Life, for people, begins to crumble on the edges; they don't realize it.

Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.

I Twitter (or Facebook) therefore I am

They always win who side with God.

The world would be a very sad place if readers could only love one story.

From my anger, frustration, and hurt, I wrote the short story that would later become 'The Hate U Give.'

Word of advice. These have a kick, so don’t suck too hard—” Holy hypoxia, Batman.

Have your boyfriend add therapy bills to my expense tab.

Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later.

A hot wind was blowing around my head, the strands of my hair lifting and swirling in it, like ink spilled in water.