It (taking photographs) is all about longingwithout longing-no pictures at all.

You have to focus on what you are doing, not just as a photographer, but as a human being.

Shoot from the gut, edit with the brain

For me, the camera is like an entrance to the private lives of other people. And if you are curious like me, it is a fantastic tool.

I can’t describe reality; at the most, I can try to capture things that seem to be valid, the way I see them.

To me, it’s encounters that matter, pictures are much less important.

I don't care so much about form. Perhaps I did in the beginning, a long time ago. But now I just want to be as straight and simple and as true as possible.

27. TreesI shall say absolutely nothing about the spindle tree.

But there's nothing half so sweet in life As love's young dream.

Liz Benedict, a teacher of mine at Iowa, is the person who introduced me to James Salter's work.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.

If broken hearts could kill, the earth would be as dead as the moon.

Women are not just there to be admired, they are there to be enjoyed.

We get nearer to the Lord through music than perhaps through any other thing except prayer.

When you're an actor, your body isn't your own. Your body is part of a tool that you use. Everybody else there is using you as a tool, so they have access to those things, too.

Marriages should culminate on account of the wishes of the couple. It is their knitting of the hearts that should lead to marriages.