My greatest lesson in composition was looking at paintings.

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

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.

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.

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.

I am the truth, since I am part of what is real, but neither more nor less than those around me.

If we are to have our prayers answered, we must give God the glory.

Ambition should be made from sterner stuff.

The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.

By hook or by crook this peril too shall be something that we remember

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

In Christ, it's never too late, you're never too old... it's never "too anything" for Him to work positive change in your life.

I guess I invented extended warranties, because that's all we had to sell at Chrysler in those days.

It's unbelievable to have come through a field of 64 of the best players I've seen for a long time.

The career of a great man remains an enduring monument of human energy. The man dies and disappears, but his thoughts and acts survive and leave an indelible stamp upon his race.