Somebody would come in and say, I never take a good picture. I'd say, Why not? You've got two eyes, a nose, and a mouth like everybody else.

Being an artist, I had an artist's instincts.You can see the picture before it's taken; then it's up to you to get the camera to see

I tried to see that every picture was better-looking than the person.

My boy?he is evenbetter than books.-fiction has nothing on you.

Dreams alone with no acts toward achieving them are useless: no dreams at all is a condition of the pathetic.

You know what would be fun? Nobody wants to play Guitar Hero. But you can play the Beatles! You loved the Beatles!

The game of life is the game of everlasting learning. At least it is if you want to win.

There is a set of balances and rhythms to a novel that we can't experience in real life. So I think there is a sense in which fiction can rescue history from confusion.

If the models are as flawed as critics say you have to ask yourself, 'How come they work?'

Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.

Carl Icahn told me to stay away from airlines. In good times, the unions take away the profits, and in bad times, the cost of oil kills you.

I think you need to have people around you whose standard is high and who don't accept anything less.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.