Covering a historic event is perfectly legitimate. It's not sneaking into somebody's boudoir... These people belong to history, and not to record that if you have the opportunity would be wrong.

As a professional photographer I take photographs for other people to see - but I want them to see what I see. So I never assume that only a few people will appreciate what I do. At all times, the public should be able to understand what I've done, even if they don't understand how I've done it.

If you keep your cool, you'll get everything.

I'm not a serious photographer like many of my contemporaries. That is to say, I am serious about not being serious.

I dislike landscapes. I only like people, and plastic flowers.

I don't think you can create luck. You're either lucky or you're not. I don't know if it's really luck or if it's just curiosity. I think the main ingredient, or a main ingredient for photography is curiosity. If you're curious enough and if you get up in the morning and go out and take pictures, you're likely to be more lucky than if you just stay at home.

I'm an amateur photographer, apart from being a professional one, and I think maybe my amateur pictures are the better ones.