Sometimes it’s not how much light you use to get an effect, it’s how little you use and still make it work. There are a lot of rules to be broken in photography, and you’ve got to have courage.

Photography must be integrated with the story.

Whether you're a cameraman or a director, you should ask yourself every now and then, 'What am I trying to do?' Be honest and keep things very simple.

I believe that the best cameraman is one who recognizes the source, the story, as the basis of his work.

When you buy a jacket, it’s important the pockets are big enough for a paperback!

Do not look back at the decision, look for the solution.

It’s easy enough to get along with a loved and loving child—at least till you try to get him to do something.

I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship. I'm not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings.

No other American city is so intensely American as New York.

I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.

We're trying to fill something internal with something external. We're trying to fill something real with something illusionary.

A good horse is a man's best friend in time of danger.

The common mistake that business people make is they're going to get drive-by business...Only gas stations are helped

Ain't singing for Pepsi, ain't singing for Coke, I don't sing for nobody, makes me look like a joke.