The most profound statements are often said in silence.

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.

You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian.

You have to be in love with your story ... It's the love of the light; the time of day; of watching the moment unravel.

Photographs help people look at things they may not be able or may not want to look at. Until you can look at something, you can't change it. First you have to look at it, then you have a chance to understand it and can change it.

Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it.