I just happened to have my camera and be photographing my friends. It was totally innocent; there was no purpose to the photographs. There was a purity to them that wasn’t planned; it was realism.

At the end of the day, what I show is real life. I tell the truth. And the truth can be shocking.

I tell people to frame the picture. Make the greatest, most perfect composition you can . . . and then take a step forward. It skews it a bit and makes it more interesting.

I am a storyteller. I've never been interested in just taking the single image and moving on. I always like to stay with the people I'm photographing for long periods of time.

For me there are no rules. I think I learned that from artists-from painters and sculptors. It took photography a while to catch up to them.

My greatest lesson in composition was looking at paintings.

When I started shooting speed, amphetamine, when I was 15, almost 16, it actually calmed me down.

The work all comes from a psychological need. See the images that I make... It's really a psychological need. I'm just jerked around by it. I'm pulled by it.

If I want something I do everything to get it.

My favorite color is green.

I've been a photographer for my whole life and I've done everything with photography that I felt I could do, and I always wanted to be a filmmaker.

If the people reveal God, He will change the heart of the king of that country

The best bubbly I ever tasted was laughter.

Day by day we are given not what we want but what we need. Sometimes it is a feast and sometimes...swept crumbs, but by faith we believe it is enough.

Suddenly a mist of green on the trees, as quiet as thought.

A kid's emotions and personality are just as important as I.Q.

We spent a lot of time on the beach when I was young so I'd also take pictures of seaweed and crabs.

It requires more than mere genius to be an author.

We're half the people; we should be half the Congress.

True hope is based on energy of character. A strong mind always hopes!!

Master of the universe is every man's potential insight, cosmic potential.