For me the true business of photography is to capture a bit of reality (whatever that is) on film...if, later, the reality means something to someone else, so much the better.

I enjoyed it [commercial work] until I stopped. You could travel and get around. I can't really explain why, I just didn't want to do it anymore.

When I see something, I know why something's funny or seems to be funny. But in the end it's just another picture as far as I'm concerned.

You just go through a certain kind of drudgery every time you have to look for something. I've got certain things grouped by now, but there's a drudgery in finding them. There's always stuff missing.

At times I'd much rather talk about other work.

There's all kinds of people teaching who don't do anything worth a nickel. Likewise in advertising.

Actually, the animal pictures came about in a funny way.