Perishability in a photograph is important in a picture. If a photograph looks perishable we say, "Gee, I'm glad I have that moment."

If you want something to look interesting, don’t light all of it.

Often the tension that exists between the pictorial content of a photograph and its record of reality is the picture's true beauty.

Usually I think if there is something imperfect in a photograph it makes the picture more real. Photographs that are slick, smooth, and imperfect seem less honest to me.

Teachers don't work in the summer, and photographers don't shoot in in the middle of the day.

The internet is now a forum for public prosecution.

Sometimes things aren't clear right away. That's where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead.

I'm hopeful that increased awareness of the issues in Africa will bring about a new wave of progress and activism among young people everywhere.

Be what you are. Don't change yourself for anything. God made you that way for a reason.

The peace of great books be for you, Stains of pressed clover leaves on pages, Bleach of the light of years held in leather.

On lady novelists: As artists they're rot, but as providers they're oil wells; they gush. Norris said she never wrote a story unless it was fun to do. I understand Ferber whistles at her typewriter.

Theres gonna be times in life when people tell you that you can't, thats when you just gotta turn around and say watch me.

Stay away from philosophy, kids: it will ruin your mind.

He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

I don't see it as a risk, I see it as living.