You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.

I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80.

The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move.

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

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.

Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem.

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.