As Estelle Jussim wrote, it is almost impossible for a single photograph to state both the problem and the solution.

People think the camera steals their soul. Places, I am convinced, are affected in the opposite direction. The more they are photographed (or drawn and painted) the more soul they seem to accumulate.

While making my picture window photographs, I came to think that every room was like a gigantic camera forever pointed at the same view.

I became wary of simple interpretations that assumed fixed and final meanings.

Let's run away.""To where?" "Alaska." "What's in Alaska?" "No clue, " I whispered. "Find out with me.

The idea of putting out an album is quite exciting because it's sharing your creativity with people. There's no ambition to be famous. I couldn't care less about that.

Many Americans follow pro basketball from November through June, for reasons that I found unexplainable, other than the fact that they were overly fascinated with soaring armpits.

But when it became an international hoopla where careers lived and died on whether or not you did or didn't get an Oscar, then it got out of hand.

Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing.

If my mom reads that I'm grammatically incorrect, I'll have hell to pay.

Confession of one's guilt purifies and uplifts. Its suppression is degrading and should always be avoided.

The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body.

Once you get to know me, you would know in a second that I am an East Coast girl. You can tell because I'm not flaky, and I will tell you how it is. I also walk faster than they walk in L.A.

The work that leads to a doctor's degree is a constant temptation to sacrifice one's growth as a man to one's growth as a specialist.