[The most important factor in making a good picture is] to know who or what you are photographing. It is not about photography; it should be about life.

I think you can photograph a certain sliver of human presence in its absence... images taken in the empty rooms, the marks left on the walls, disappearing shadows, etc.

I photograph [people] as if photographing flowers.

The body is a place where our mind resides, and that's what I'm photographing.

Digital [photography] has sped up the process to a point that it's a bit self-destructive. It is like driving by a new neighborhood without stopping for a walk. Special discoveries need time.

... We had suddenly learned to see. And we saw that there was nothing of their world left. We were all at once terribly alone

You can kid the world, but not your sister.

Beauty is excrescence, superabundance, random ebulience, and sheer delightful waste to be enjoyed in its own right.

Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative.

There are not many Irish people playing tennis!

I do think, you know, you don't have to have 30 billion, but you have a certain level of freedom.

Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.

Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience.

I'm hopeful that people don't give up on marriage. When it works, it's a gift from God because you can't always have it work out the way you want.

I was named after Yul Brynner because my mother had an infatuation with him. Who the hell names a Cuban kid Yul? Talk about a torturous childhood.