Contrast is what makes photography interesting.

Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.

I suppose I would still be a communicator, maybe a musician.

There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren't.

With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with light and exposure, diffusion and filters. That's what makes it an art.

I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.

Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.