My parents taught me: Do not rely on a man. Not rely on it that you get married and it pays for you. That's what I figured. I have always paid my own bills.

When you have a steady job you're more inspired to broaden yourself.

People put barriers up in your path, and one of those barriers is age. They tell you, "You're too old. You don't photograph so well anymore." I know I don't photograph so well anymore, so what can I do? I can do something different, where it doesn't matter as much how I look.

The people who are out to destroy the environment think they're going to get away with it. Are they breathing different air than we're breathing? Are they eating different food? I mean, where do they think they're going to go? What do they think is going to be better than what they have destroyed? I just don't get it.

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.

The outside world doesn't have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.

I come from an overly confident place. But I'm overconfident because of feelings of inferiority.