It's not just when you shoot, or what you shot, or where you shoot, it's the combination of the three.

If the light is great in front of you, you should turn around and see what it is doing behind you.

If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you're not out there, you'll only hear about it.

Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.

If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.

Always carry a camera, it's tough to shoot a picture without one.

Photography is an act of love.

The drama of light exists not only in what is in the light, but also in what is left dark. If the light is everywhere, the drama is gone.

Always shoot it now. It won't be the same when you go back.

You are responsible for every part of your image, even the parts you’re not interested in.

Failing is not a problem. Not trying is a problem.

Intellectuals ought to study the past not for the pleasure they find in so doing, but to derive lessons from it.

The Pacific Northwest, and particularly Whidbey Island, is extremely suited to be a location in a novel.

I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in for shelter.

Yes, letter writing is antiquated - though there remain a few renegades who still so treasure the luxury of contemplating their lives in letters that they would rather write than call.

The closest I can get to describing what happens is that voices come to me. I feel like I'm accessing something that is deeper and richer than me.

I hurry to express to you and your fellow citizens my profound sorrow and my closeness in prayer for the nation at this dark and tragic moment.

The problem with movies now is that studios don't take a chance.

Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.

We are not loved because we are valued; we are valued because we are loved.