Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice.

I'd much rather wear out than rust out.

They say California's the big burrito; Texas is a big taco right now. We want to follow that through. Florida is a big tamale.

Editing can alter the original meaning and context, and computers can alter the image itself. The camera can also be manipulated. At the very least, it must be turned in one direction - only one direction at a time ... Who chooses what direction to point the camera, and why?

Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.

The American Dream is one of the greatest ideas in the history of human achievement . . . It thrives today in an age when its core components of freedom and opportunity are open to more Americans than ever before. It holds a real, identifiable place in the American heart and mind, and it informs the aspirations of everyone from farmers to software developers, from detectives to bankers, from soldiers to social workers . . . It defines us as a people, even as we add to its meaning with each new chapter in our national experience and our individual actions.