There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren't.

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.

When we all pass from this life and gather on the other side, the only thing each of us will have is his own story to tell.

Sometimes, loyalty gets in the way of what you want to do. Sometimes, it’s not your secret to tell.

You can never make a city as clean as the nature itself. To do this, you must completely demolish the city and convert it into the pure nature.

Plan your work - work your plan

We all live best in our imaginations.

Pride is when sinful human beings aspire to the status and position of God and refuse to acknowledge their dependence upon Him.

To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it.

A lot of people talk about the trail healing them, but I feel like, the first time, it humbled me, which I probably needed. It was a completely new way to experience the world and my body.

If the English want a king, it is their business. If the Russians want communism, it is their business. If the Americans want our form of government, it is our business.

The fact that so many people whose livelihood depends on being able to play, it's just crazy.