There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.

In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I released the shutter.

My choice of a life of adventure may well have been a result of the fact that action raised my blood pressure giving me enough energy to live.

I am curious about grownups, not children.

Take whatever you can from others, and when there is nothing left, forget about them.

You don't die in the United States, you underachieve.

I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a novel.