I have a deep respect and love for these tiny humans, and I hope to convey in my images a measure of the beauty that exists in all children.

The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they are viewed.

The hardest thing in photography is to create a simple image.

I photograph from the heart. I adore little babies and I think that shows. My images are really very positive, very simple, and from the heart. Babies speak a universal language.

Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.

Children are the true believers, and some of us are lucky enough to make the transition to adulthoood without ever losing the ability to see through young eyes.

The trouble with flowers is that invariably, when I'm ready to photograph them, they are not in season.

I can't think of any flower that wouldn't be suitable to merge with an image of a newborn, and as I was planning for the book, Miracle, I was drawn to blossoms that appealed to me artistically.

The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.

He wished he was doing much more than kissing the back of her silky hand, though throwing her on the bar and devouring her like a man-eater wasn't a wise option.But... he was only human.

Near counts more than far, familiar more than different. Such is the indictment against the press, that it fails to treat similar tragedies with equal dignity.

A film is its own thing and in an ideal world I think a film should be discovered knowing nothing and nothing should be added to it and nothing should be subtracted from it.

Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is.

And pray that he is the man I think he is, he finished silently, and not the man I fear he has become.

That queen of secrecy, the violet.

Asexuality does not make our lives any worse or any better, we just face a different set of challenges than most sexual people.

Did you ever really love her? Not really no. But me? Yes. Even though I have no pizzazz?

The trick to getting ahead is to give it the same effort you give to getting even.