So much of my sense of who I am is tied to mothering. When they left home, I fell into a huge, empty, black hole. Your children are grown and your career has slowed down - all the stuff that took up so much attention is gone, and you're left with expansive time and space.

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.

Moments of pure happiness...come upon you unexpectedly. Don't be too preoccupied to experience them.

I never shot on sets, but if I was traveling somewhere or on location, I would always have my camera, and I'd always be - it's that kind of fly on the wall approach to photography, though. I don't engage the subject. I like to sneak around, skulk about in the dark.

At certain times you really feel as though you have to do something.

Don't be absent from your own life.

I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there.