I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men.

There are certain things you don't discuss with Ansel, especially if you don't agree.

Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.

My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.

Oh, you ask me, what is the greatest torture of a person who does portraits for a living? I could fill several volumes with nice nasty stories. I don't know.

I think San Francisco is the best place in the whole world for an easy life.

I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.