Before I even took pictures I knew that I wanted to have them as hard copy memories.

I have the great privilege of being both witness and storyteller. Intimacy, trust and intuition guide my work.

The photograph is kind of a proof - a proof that I actually met these people, that they actually have lives, and that they're worth considering.

It's always good to find things that you haven't found before.

There are many images which I miss on purpose. I've done too many of them before and photographing them again doesn't change the world, or me.

My only agenda is to bring attention to otherwise ignored and shunned lives.

[A photograph] is a part of the evidence. I'm not saying it's the truth - it's part of the evidence.

Every single immigrant is part of a larger history that needs to be communicated in all its ambivalences and complexities.

I use my intuition. I tell my students: use your brains, but also use another part of yourself.

The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.

Fire will save the Clan

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

The genius of America may be that it has built "the fall of Rome" into its very makeup: it is very consciously a constant work in progress, designed to accommodate and build on revolutionary change.

You’re my religion. You’re all I’ve got.

It is by serving God and others that we store up heavenly treasures. Everyone gains; no one loses.

It is very important for an actor or actress to look around at everything and everyone and never forget about real life.

I paid $1.9 billion in taxes in my lifetime.