I knew from the age of five what I wanted to do. The one thing I could do was draw. I couldn't draw that much better than some of the other kids, but I cared more and I wanted it badly.

Every child should have a chance to feel special.

Every idea occurs while you are working. If you are sitting around waiting for inspiration, you could sit there forever.

It's like a magic well. You think you know everything about [a] photograph, you think you've gotten everything out of it, and all of a sudden I see things in it I'd never seen before.

While photography is the easiest medium in which to be competent, it is the hardest in which to develop an idiosyncratic personal vision.

It's always a pleasure to talk about someone else's work.

I'm very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I'm doing.