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.

I see no difference between my pictures that people consider amusing and the rest. To me, it's all serious work - they're just a reaction to what I see. I don't leave this apartment in the morning and say to myself 'Today I'm going to be funny and tomorrow I'm going to be sad.'

Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general.

If you're not a curious person, you're certainly not going to be a good photographer.

I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my loved ones, young and old, and at least once a year we get together for a formal family photograph.

I've been around so long, most editors think I'm dead.

You must have a visual sense if you want to be a photographer. It is a very subtle thing, this visual business.