The photograph is kind of a proof - a proof that I actually met these people, that they actually have lives, and that they're worth considering.

I have the great privilege of being both witness and storyteller. Intimacy, trust and intuition guide my work.

It's always good to find things that you haven't found before.

There are many images which I miss on purpose. I've done too many of them before and photographing them again doesn't change the world, or me.

My only agenda is to bring attention to otherwise ignored and shunned lives.

[A photograph] is a part of the evidence. I'm not saying it's the truth - it's part of the evidence.

Every single immigrant is part of a larger history that needs to be communicated in all its ambivalences and complexities.

Before I even took pictures I knew that I wanted to have them as hard copy memories.

I use my intuition. I tell my students: use your brains, but also use another part of yourself.

You must walk on water, especially if you don’t know how to swim.

Forgiveness... a secret garden where Joy and miracles abound, and the garden is always open to everyone who makes the Loving choice to visit there.

You use your real voice with those you love, and you cannot be phony with those who know you well.

Our elite believe in a new trinity of equality, democracy and diversity. Indeed, after the Cold War, we declared the spread of democracy worldwide to be our historic mission and national goal.

If there is one thing that all players have in common it is that winning, competitive gene; the ability to overcome obstacles and fight for what you want from your career.

Ideas reflect the moment, and so you have to use them. If you store ideas, they wither.

I use the kitchen as a pathway to achieve this happiness.

Life's gonna run you over if you don't get goin.

I like the horror community because they're subversive. They question things. If something is held back from them, especially if they've heard that its good, they seek it out.

Consciousness is a sea ringed with visions.