It's been a strange [summer].... I was sent by a magazine to photograph famous photographers.... Of course, I included myself.

When you find yourself beginning to feel a bond between yourself and the people you photograph, when you laugh and cry with their laughter and tears, you will know you are on the right track.

To me a photograph is a page from life, and that being the case, it must be real.

Many photographers live in a dream world of beautiful backgrounds. It wouldn’t hurt them to get a taste of reality to wake them up.

My name is Weegee. I'm the world's greatest photographer.

The same camera that photographs a murder scene can photograph a beautiful society affair at a big hotel.

People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.

If I had a picture of two handcuffed criminals being booked, I would cut the picture in half and get five bucks for each.

To me, pictures are like blintzes - ya gotta get 'em while they're hot.

What I did, anybody can do.

Hollywood is Newark, New Jersey with palm trees.

Innovation has beauty in it. The speed of innovations is getting faster and faster. Remember that ideas are the seeds of innovation.

If only people valued people and not money…. I've been on a journey of truth and realization. I wonder how many lessons I got to learn.

I called up to Mama, "Is this a miracle?" She raised and lowered her shoulders. Her voice drifted down, "Maybe. Or maybe this is just what's supposed to be.

We still play three or four hits every night. Now, we don't play them like the record. We try to find new ways to do it.

I'm not an elected official who puts a finger in the wind to see what the majority thinks; I represent women, whether they're popular or not.

If you are weak, anyone can come and kick you

You should use your influence to help other platforms succeed.

That's the magic of moviemaking. You clearly identify one scenario with the other, and it's a completely different experience.

I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.

It's every man for himself, every woman, every child. A new breed ferocious and wild.