Photographing expresses human desire to preserve passing time. It is like a man struggling with time that elapses, and in general - a desire to preserve oneself.

I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months.

The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise.

Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.

My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection.

The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart.

Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve.

More than anything, one is struck by the light. Light everywhere. Brightness everywhere. Everywhere, the sun.

In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.

Our job is like a baker's work - his rolls are tasty as long as they're fresh; after two days they're stale; after a week, they're covered with mould and fit only to be thrown out.

When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered.

Do what most people Won't, so you can have what most people Don't.

You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more money.

I know that sacrifices have to be made to play with good teams.

Who we are is the result of how we live and act on a daily basis. Our daily actions reflect our prime values and motivations.

Remember, you are only committed to what you confess.

Freedom and slavery, the one is the name of virtue, and the other of vice, and both are acts of the will.

I tend not to wear ties very often. I'm usually in old stuff: Hermes or Marc Jacobs boots and jeans and a T-shirt and a leather jacket or a jean jacket.

I had a tough career. I then resolved to find peace. And, I finally found Islam.

We are all born creative. We just got it educated out of us.

Whoever the last true cowboy in America turns out to be, he's likely to be an Indian.