I always wanted to photograph the universal subjects.

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.

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

It must now atone in blood for its complicity in wickedness.

The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it - politics - was important... that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.

Sincere thought means thought of concentration (quiet awareness). The thought of a distracted mind cannot be sincere

Magic's never what you expect it to be, but it's often what you need.

I think I made a lot of sacrifices.

I am adrenaline slammed into inertia: a fast car stuck in traffic.

I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.

When your goal is to put on muscle mass you must increase your calorie intake as you increase the activity level being given to the muscle

I blog; therefore, I am.