...in the theatre the stage keeps the audience aware of the fictional nature of the action. The reader poring over a magazine, on the other hand, identifies what he sees in the photographs as real.

When you do not like human beings, you cannot make good portraits.

For me, at least, studying my subjects first and knowing them personally was essential to taking a good picture.

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.

The fact of the matter is that you should really stop concerning yourself with writing a book because anyone can write a book that totally sucks. There is nothing special about that.

I had a 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' experience as governor.

All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.

How many people is the earth able to sustain?

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed.

He's halfway sick and halfway stoned. He'd sure like to kick, but he's too far gone. So they wind him down with methadone.

I travel the world, and I'm happy to say that America is still the great melting pot - maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean.

I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about the journalists; we can only hope that they will die off as the deerflies do towards the end of August.

When you are on the dancefloor, there is nothing to do but dance.