Freaks was a thing I photographed a lot. It was one of the first things I photographed and it had a terrific kind of excitement for me. I just used to adore them. I still do adore some of them. I don't quite mean they're my best friends but they made me feel a mixture of shame and awe.

One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed.

Nothing is ever the same as they said it was. It's what I've never seen before that I recognize.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.

It's always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction.

What moves me about...what's called technique...is that it comes from some mysterious deep place. I mean it can have something to do with the paper and the developer and all that stuff, but it comes mostly from some very deep choices somebody has made that take a long time and keep haunting them.

The condition of photographing is maybe the condition of being on the brink of conversion to anything.