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

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.

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

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.

But what now? What am I supposed to do with all these feelings?

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

Water is life, and clean water means health.

Life is a cruel teacher. She loves to give you the test first and the lesson later.

In case of a thunderstorm, stand in the middle of the fairway and hold up a one iron. Not even God can hit a one iron.

I never stop being amazed by all the different ways of playing the guitar and making it deliver a message.

Faith is more important to me than life itself because without it there would be no fullness of life.

Most of my books have caused distribution and printing problems in the past.

All the world Loves You, but You are nowhere to be found, Hidden and yet . . . completely obvious!

I flee what I can't fight. What can only do me harm.