Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.

In order to put meaning back into our lives, we should recognize illusions for what they are, and we should reach out and touch the fabric of reality.

The secret of photography is, the camera takes on the character and personality of the handler.

Documentary: That’s a sophisticated and misleading word. And not really clear… The term should be documentary style… You see, a document has use, whereas art is really useless.

The meaning of quality in photography's best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system.

The eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.

Good photography is unpretentious.

That’s my idea of what a portrait ought to be, anonymous and documentary and a straightforward picture of mankind.

It's easy to photograph light reflecting from a surface, the truly hard part is capturing the light in the air.

I wanted so much to write that I couldn't write a word.

If I was a cynic I would be wondering if sooner or later some charismatic douche-bag might stomp all over this Little House on the Prairie dream of yours.

...heaven wouldn’t be like this earth, this tormented earth ruled by evil forces that tossed humanity to and fro like a slow clown in a two-bit rodeo.

I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia.

It's the ones you love the most who can lift you in an instant, and destroy you without trying.

If I had the luxury of working as a full time writer, I think you would see novels appearing on a much more regular, and frequent, basis.

. . . learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm.

Ayn Rand more than anyone else did a fantastic job of explaining the morality of capitalism, the morality of individualism.

A search always starts with Beginner's Luck and ends with the Test of the Conqueror.

You have heard that Christ said, 'My words are spirit and they are life'. So are my words spirit and life; they will burn their way into your brain and you will never get away from them!

Even as people take pride in their national independence, we know we are becoming more and more interdependent.