There's no particular class of photograph that I think is any better than any other class. I'm always and forever looking for the image that has spirit! I don't give a damn how it got made.

When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously.

One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.

No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.

When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence.

I'm always mentally photographing everything as practice.

All photographs are self-portraits.

One does not photograph something simply for 'what it is', but 'for what else it is.

At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us.

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.

If all your life means to you is water running over rocks, then photograph it, but I want to create something that would not have existed without me.

Epics are never written about libraries. They exist on whim it depends on if the conquering army likes to read.

Instead of waiting for a leader you can believe in, try this: Become a leader you can believe in.

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

Beholding heaven, and feeling hell.

I think isolation is one of the greatest problems, an ever-growing obstacle to political solidarity.

Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent.

In loneliness, the lonely one eats himself; in a crowd, the many eat him. Now choose.

I’m secretly hoping for the full five.

Nicola Tesla didn't say, 'I have to make wireless electricity!' The brain does not work that way.

When people ask what you do, tell them you're a writer. Put yourself on the line. Make a commitment.