My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.

Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery.

I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.

There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job.

Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.

Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.

Contrast is what makes photography interesting.

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.

You can be humble without compromising your values.

Look for the opportunity, not for the consistency.

Among other things a marriage is a system of belief, a story, and though it manifests itself in things that are real enough, the impulse that drives it is ultimately mysterious.

Experience is a collection of our successes and failures.

Dennis Kucinich's politics are more scrambled than Rod Steiger's dream journal.

I am more uncertain than I ever was; I feel only the power of life. And I am senselessly empty.

The possibilities for immortality are endless. Here you sit reading these words, a butterfly resting on a flower!

Sometimes when I see a performance that really takes me, I struggle. How can I express this to this person, I want this person to know how I felt. I want to get this across, and it's not very easy.

Being a healthy woman isn't about getting on a scale or measuring your waistline. We need to start focusing on what matters-on how we feel, and how we feel about ourselves.

Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you cant get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.