I can't hold a camera anymore.

If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret.

If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.

I think if I ever get satisfied, I’ll have to stop. It’s the frustration that drives you.

If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it's already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer.

The instrument is not the camera but the photographer.

I didn't want to be a woman photographer. That would limit me. I wanted to be a photographer who was a woman, with all the world open to my camera.

What do you hang on the walls of your mind?

I don't see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary. I see them simply as people in front of my lens.

Lesson number one: Pay attention to the intrusion of the camera.

I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn’t have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me.

In reality, Kyoto was a huge transfer of resources from the United States to the Third World, under the guise of environmental protection.

The fact that you were born means that there are no other children born because of you – you’ve killed them in a way.

I must honor those who fight of their own free will, he said to himself. And I must try to imitate their courage by following my path as a pacifist, wherever it takes me.

In order to get the worst possible first impression of Los Angeles one should arrive there by bus, preferably in summer and on a Saturday night.

The toughest thing about raising kids is convincing them that you have seniority.

The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.

Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake!

The wonder of imagination is this: It has the power to light its own fire.

Isn't (life) all about trying?

My favorite thing to do is not act - it's that simple.