I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen. It's scary to think about. Point of reference again. When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

A strange species we are, We can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty. If I wanted to destroy a nation, I would give it too much, and I would have it on its knees, miserable, greedy, sick. --John Steinbeck to Adlai Stevenson

Intention, good or bad, is not enough.

Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

The craft of writing is the art of penetrating other minds with the figures that are in your own mind.

The camera need not be a cold mechanical device. Like the pen, it is as good as the man who uses it. It can be the extension of mind and heart.

Texas is not a state - it's a state of mind.