Only religion could justify killing an adult with a family because he carried out abortions of unwanted or unhealthy fetuses that don't even have the intelligence of a typical fish.

Don't shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.

Photographers can either look out the window at the world or they can look in the mirror.

So, according to the religious, you can only be good if you're scared of the consequences of being bad? Strange, I thought people were good because they care about each other?

Science teaches you to open your eyes and appreciate the reality around you. Religion teaches you to close your eyes and cling to the fantasy within you.

It's a lot of work living the life that you want to live, but that's what I'm doing.

In the spirit of Vivian Maier, who worked unaided by any publication or commercial shooting, I set up the Emerging Photographer Fund

Religion: A lot of fanciful ideas inspired by wishful thinking. Science: A lot of logical ideas based on the best evidence available. Which should we have faith in?

The most important questions a human can ever ask must surely deserve the most convincing answers, not simply the most comforting?

The more tightly you cling to your faith, the looser your grip is on reality.

Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.

The way to get over creative block is to simply place some constraints on yourself. It seems contradictory, but when it comes to creative work, limitations mean freedom.

She gave me this look – she might have been watching from a lifeboat as the ship went down. Or maybe it was the other way around.

If I advance follow me! If I retreat cut me down! If I die avenge me!

I think the art of filmmaking is something you learn through actions, by doing it, not by learning theories. And as you do it, your mind starts to change.

She was remorseless, but she lacked method.

There are several really interesting clocks in Berlin.

I want to leave my country without leaving my home.

I think that emotion and good stories can cross the times.

I don't care about my "impact" - I only care about the theater as an art form and criticism as an act of writing.

Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.