Contrast is what makes photography interesting.

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.

Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery.

I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.

There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job.

Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.

Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.

It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema.

Finding a great idea is a magical thing and a fantastic job.

In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility.

I've heard it said that God made all men, but Samuel Colt made all men equal.We'd see what Mr. Colt could do for a woman.

The weak-minded choose to hate, " she said. "It's the least painful thing to do, isn't it?

Begin with another's to end with your own.

If I'm not touring I'd just be at home, just driving - I'm kind of at a loss for how that stuff works.

If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you to love.

In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.

I've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my studies with improvisation as I'm working with people.

My wish is to construct a system of sociology on the model of celestial mechanics, physics, and chemistry.