There are photographic fanatics, just as there are religious fanatics. They buy a so-called candid camera there is no such thing: it’s the photographer who has to be candid, not the camera.

When you find yourself beginning to feel a bond between yourself and the people you photograph, when you laugh and cry with their laughter and tears, you will know you are on the right track.

To me a photograph is a page from life, and that being the case, it must be real.

Many photographers live in a dream world of beautiful backgrounds. It wouldn’t hurt them to get a taste of reality to wake them up.

My name is Weegee. I'm the world's greatest photographer.

The same camera that photographs a murder scene can photograph a beautiful society affair at a big hotel.

People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.

If I had a picture of two handcuffed criminals being booked, I would cut the picture in half and get five bucks for each.

To me, pictures are like blintzes - ya gotta get 'em while they're hot.

What I did, anybody can do.

Hollywood is Newark, New Jersey with palm trees.

A book you finish reading is not the same book it was before you read it.

Think about it, if we fed our passion the way we fed our fears, we would be achieving our dreams and making the most of our years.

Don't confuse activity with action.

Hale!' Kat cried, but the boy only stared at her. 'Fine,' she conceded. 'I love your boat.' 'Ship.' 'Ship ... Your ship is beautiful.

Still though, I think if you're not self-obsessed, you're probably boring.

We can't really make a living doing comic books, despite the fact that would be an awfully fun way to make a living.

Those who preached faith, or in other words a pure mind, have always produced more popular virtue than those who preached good acts, or the mere regulation of outward works.

And should men name me dead, I beg ye, say "Nay, he but wearied here, and went away.

A boy in love is not mainly a calf but a poet.

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand.