The feeling before and after the event is very important. There are things happening before and after the event. These things are even more important than the event itself.

Good photos have come when I least controlled the situation.

Don't be afraid to take bad pictures, because good pictures are the mistakes of bad pictures.

The power of our Muse lies in her meaninglessness. Even the style can turn one into a slave if one does not run away from it, and then one is doomed to repeat oneself.

Surprise, unpredictability: these are the main materials of creativity.

I'm Cinderella. No, I'm better than Cinderella, because she only got the prince, didn't she? I'm Cinderella with fab teeth and a shit-hot job.

There's no doubt I'm emotional.

God, like all highest things, Hides light in shade, And in the night his visitings To sleep and dreams are clearliest made.

The price we pay for our irresponsible explanatory urge is that we often spoil our most pleasant experiences by making good sense of them.

The words I use too often are X-rated, something an old man like me shouldn't be talking about anyway.

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

Fear's the only obstacle that gets in the way of doing what we love. Fear holds us back from living the lives we're made to live.

Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.

If you can tell a story well, you can move people to do something.

Society is founded upon Cloth.