I think about myself as like an ocean liner that's been going full speed for a long distance, and the captain pulls the throttle back all the way to 'stop', but the ship doesn't stop immediately. It has its own momentum and it keeps on going, and I'm very flattered that people are still finding me useful.

I've never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question.

Where there is no emotion, there is no motive for violence.

Insufficient facts always invite danger.

There are a lot of photographers who have influenced me; some of the great ones, like Herb Ritts, Helmut Newton, and [Alfred] Stieglitz. I draw from all of them. You're supposed to steal from the good ones.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

These are beautiful days. Folks ask what I'm doing. I tell them I'm doing family.