I don't believe there's any such thing as objective reality. It's only reality as we experience it.

I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.

For me, the strength of photography lies in its ability to evoke humanity. If war is an attempt to negate humanity, then photography can be perceived as the opposite of war.

There is a job to be doneto record the truth. I want to wake people up!

I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were critical social issues. From the very beginning this was my goal.

You are never freer than in that moment when you decide to expose yourself to sniper fire.

If you want to connect with people who are in distress and great grief and scared, you need to do it in a certain way. I move kind of slow. I talk kind of slow. I let them know that I respect them.

If you make an honest picture of war, it will be an antiwar photograph.

I want my pictures to cut through political abstractions... and make a connection on a human level.

I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing.

When the truth is spoken, it doesn't need to be adorned. It just needs to be simply stated, and often it only needs to be said once.

When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to the scene of a crime.

The film industry gives you the opportunity to meet interesting people.

The waves have the habit of going forward and then flowing back.

The so-called civil rights movement as it exists today is used as a Communist program for revolution in America.

I don't think forgetting is an important feature of human memory. I think it's important to be able to remember things accurately.

While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the youth of America.

There are always ups and downs, no matter how successful you are.

We have invented the literature because the reality wasn't imaginative enough and we also wanted to be alone, at least for a while!

People know who I am, but I'm feeling so lonely in the middle area, because I feel like I should be at the top.

It is dangerously destabilizing to have half the world on the cutting edge of technology while the other half struggles on the bare edge of survival.