I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80.

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.

Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery.

I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.

There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job.

Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.

Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.

Contrast is what makes photography interesting.

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.

Could a vow be not all the way broken? Could a sin be not all the way committed?

I want to protect my own happiness. I'm not an angel. I'm just a normal girl.

The love of weaponry is often a manifestation of infantile traits in an adult.

In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness.

There is a peculiar pathos in the extinction of a nation.

The Master doesn't seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness.

There's a ton of good art and music and writing out there offline among a ton of trash, and the same goes with what's online.

Even in the works of the greatest master, the organic sequence can fail and then a skillful join must be made.

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

I really want to bring the message of love that is Islam to people; bring something new to that familiar face.