I suffered first as a child from discrimination, poverty ... So I think it was a natural follow from that that I should use my camera to speak for people who are unable to speak for themselves.

But I do feel a little teeny right now that I'm just about ready to start, and winter is entering. Half past autumn has arrived.

You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery. You can show things that you like about the universe, things that you hate about the universe. It's capable of doing both.

If you don't have anything to say, your photographs aren't going to say much.

I have never known anyone important enough to consume me in anger beyond a few hours. Better to depart their existence before they poison your own.

Use anger to emotionalize whatever thing you intend to do in life - being a painter, a poet or a photographer

Success can be wracking and reproachful, to you and those close to you. It can entangle you with legends that are consuming and all but impossible to live up to.