Unpredictability. Accidents. Not good when you’re engaging in, say, brain surgery, but when lighting...wonderful!

No matter how much crap you gotta plow through to stay alive as a photographer, no matter how many bad assignments, bad days, bad clients, snotty subjects, obnoxious handlers, wigged-out art directors, technical disasters, failures of the mind, body, and will, all the shouldas, couldas, and wouldas that befuddle our brains and creep into our dreams, always remember to make room to shoot what you love. It's the only way to keep your heart beating as a photographer.

John Loengard, the picture editor at Life, always used to tell me, ”If you want something to look interesting, don’t light all of it.

I can't tell you how many pictures I've missed just 'cause I've been so hell bent on getting the shot I think I want.

A career in photography is a journey without a destination.

Always remember to make room to shoot what you love. It's the only way to keep your heart beating as a photographer.

The camera’s not a camera, really. It’s an open door we need to walk through. It’s up to us to keep moving our feet.