To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.

Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn't photogenic.

If I have any 'message' worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography.

Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk.

Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.

This then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock.

Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.

I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.

The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?

Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have an opportunity to extend your vision?

Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man.

What does it cost us to say: "My God help me! Have mercy on me!" Is there anything easier than this? And this little will suffice to save us if we be diligent in doing it.

Film 'This Changes Everything' is not a sad story. It's not a slit-your-wrists climate film. It's a story about people who are making change happen.

There is evidence that young men in the big law firms, although they still work harder than most of their clients, do not glory in putting in night work and weekend hours as they once did.

What happens when you're a child professional is that you have to be, well, professional. You're taught not to have tantrums, to always people-please.

The moment truth is asserted, it becomes false.

Being physically close to extreme power causes one to experience a giddiness, an intoxication.

I think we have gone too far into the PC culture. But there's a limit to how far we can take that.

As a culture moves from orality to writing to printing to televising, its ideas of truth move with it.

Still the mind smiles at its own rebellions.

I do not see my family life in any way, shape, or form as an opportunity for a photo.