Guys don't understand great art. They don't care that sometimes the camera has power beyond the photographer to record emotion that only the heart can see. They're threatened when the camera jumps ahead of me. Todd Kovich was pissed when I brought my Nikon to the prom, but I'd missed too many transcendent shots over the years to ever take a chance of missing one again. A prom, I told him, had a boundless supply of photogenic bozos who could be counted on to do something base.

When you can carry five full dinner platters on your left arm, you should be able to vote, even if you're not eighteen.

If you can't find an answer at the mall or the library, what does that say about the world?

When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.

I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find your way through.

When you have something so important, something that you'll stay awake for, something you know that you were designed to do, well, it's worth getting a few dark circles, don't you think?

You don't understand how much light you have until the lights go out.