I don't try to overintellectua lize my concepts of people. In fact, the ideas I have, if you talk about them, they seem extremely corny and it's only in their execution that people can enjoy them...It's something I've learned to trust: The stupider it is, the better it looks.

The subjects felt more comfortable if they played the role than if they had to be themselves.

When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see.

When you involve people, they come out, you see them, you get to see their sense of humor.

If it makes you cry, it goes in the show.

When I was younger, I did things with a camera I would not do by myself. I remember going down to the docks in San Francisco and asking a fisherman if he would take me out on his boat. I would never do that without a camera.

Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well.