I was to discover that the quest for human understanding is a lifetime one that has no end in sight.

Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.

Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.

A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.

To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.

The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way.

If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.

If you banish fear, nothing terribly bad can happen to you.

"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."

Usually I object when someone makes over-much of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts.

Dogma is a defence against the brain’s capacity for free thought based on the fear that such thought might lead to a scary place.

You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie.

Four years in the White House and two presidential campaigns is an awful long time. In politics, every year in the White House is like dog years, six years off your life.

There's something about pulling out a real tape from a shelf and looking at it and knowing that 'Everlong' is on it, or 'Best of You' is on it, and it's really special.

I've taken my bumps and bruises, but you've got to be willing to get knocked down and pick yourself up. You can't get discouraged. You can't lose sight of what your goals are.

I bought a little hideaway up north, so I'll ship my motorcycle up there. It's much less dangerous than West Hollywood.

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

Still waters run deep. All things change until we wake. Dreams drift in the wind.

I think the international community should unite to fight such inhuman phenomena as terror attacks and the murder of totally innocent people.

In the end, nothing is lost. Every event, for good or evil, has effects forever.