Usually my ideas for work have revolved around my interest in people, especially people that live on the edges of society.

Finding the right subject is the hardest part.

Photograph the world as it is. Nothing's more interesting than reality.

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.

I'm interested in reality, and I'm interested in survival. I'm interested in people who aren't the lucky ones, who maybe have a tougher time surviving, and telling their story.

It’s not when you press the shutter, but why you press the shutter.

Reality is always extraordinary.

I’m just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven’t had the best breaks in society. What I want to do more than anything is acknowledge their existence.

I was fascinated by my own prom pictures.

I respect newspapers but the reality is that magazine "photojournalism" is finished. They want illustrations, Photoshopped pictures of movie stars.

A great photograph needs no explanation; it functions by suggestion. There is no need to be explicit.

Lost: The common sense of an unconventional dreamer. If found, please return to Love The Stacks.

The shriek cut thinly though the drizzling dimness, holding for a long moment. At last it broadened and dropped to the old.

Rocks and minerals: the oldest storytellers.

The Book that made the nation was destroying the nation.

She was so busy forgetting, she couldn't take a single step into the future.

Reality is not easy, but all this make-believe doesn't make it easier.

Scientists have been warning about global warming for decades. It's too late to stop it now, but we can lessen its severity and impacts.

When emotions dominate, maturity and wisdom deteriorate

What do you gain in heaven? You become gods, drink nectar, and get rheumatism. There is less misery there than on earth, but also less truth.

I've gotten so many compliments for having nice feet.