Keep all your promises, don't take what doesn't belong to you, and always look after those less fortunate than yourself, and you'll do well in the world.

Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often.

Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, And thou art wedded to calamity.

His dad said if you did something wrong to someone in public, you ought to admit it in public, too.

You can get the true essence of New Yorkers by just hanging out in Central Park

Opportunities don't knock at all. They don't have to, they're already all around us. It's up to us to see where they are and take advantage of them.

In my view, photography and painting really share one history. The influences that work on one, work on the other.

Something still exists as long as there's someone around to remember it.

A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers.

The cross is the place where we find the freedom to accept ourselves without being proud and to challenge ourselves without being crushed.

My life growing up was a twisted Bronx version of The Color Purple. It had a much different soundtrack and no trees, but that desperation was the same.