Nothing is ever the same as they said it was.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.

The world is full of fictional characters looking for their stories

Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.

Take pictures of what you fear.

I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself.

I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.

Creativity is improvisation

Set the standards for what you expect of people and the correct ones will join your cause.

A marriage doesn't have to be perfect, but you can be perfect for each other.

I think the neural pathways in our brains affect what happens in our bodies, and so can alter our health.

Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place.

Think of him still as the same, I say, He is not dead, he is just - away.

And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like "Poo-tee-weet?

The rigid tree will be felled.

So what is wild? What is wilderness? What are dreams but an internal wilderness and what is desire but a wildness of the soul?

I've written songs for Shirley Bassey, Marianne Faithfull, and Linda Thompson. I sort of focus on these wonderful, aging divas. But maybe that's because I think I'm Christina Aguilera.