I do think that my work has gotten calmer, and that the violence of some of the earlier series was necessary to reach the higher degree of concentration in the later ones.

A photo is always a kind of lie. Truth is only present for a matter of a fraction of a second.

For me, the importance of photography is that you can point to something, that you can let other people see things. Ultimately, it is a matter of the specialness of the ordinary.

I don't need to know anything about the people I photograph, but it's important that I recognize something about myself in them.

As a photographer you enlarge or emphasize a certain moment, making it another reality.

I felt that the beach portraits were all self-portraits. That moment of unease, that attempt to find a pose, it was all about me.

With young people everything is much more on the surface - all the emotions; when you get older you know how to hide things.

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The sword of the Spirit—the Bible—is the weapon God has provided for us to use in this battle between truth and deception. Make it a priority to wield that sword skillfully.

One must always be prepared to switch sides with justice, that fugitive of the winning camp.

We are so afraid of the idea of having to die… that we always try to find excuses for the dead, as if we were asking beforehand to be excused when it is our turn…

I have people who look after me and help me when I'm out of town. But when I'm at home in LA it's my time and I love to just get in my car, crank up the music and relax.

I never could get my hair to do what I wanted it to do, so I started wearing the wigs. It all came from a very serious place. I wanted to look a certain way.

Hon, when someone's a true friend, there's no need to miss 'em." She patted her chest. "'Cause they're always right here.

The portrayal of post-traumatic stress disorder and things like that felt really big and important.

To be both rich and handsome was bad enough. But to have a voice like honey over warm bread on top of that was simply inexcusable.

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.