Memories and magic is what Christmas is all about.

Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... Without the satisfaction.

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.

If I was in love with someone, I would get their picture out of the school yearbook and do portraits. If I was curious about sex, I would draw pictures of it. There were no books for me to look at. Then I would go find my father's matches to burn the paper.

The emphasis in doing any in-depth photography is on building relationships, quality relationships. It's what I call thirty-cups-of-coffee-a-frame photography. You need to enter into the community - not just photographically, but intellectually and emotionally.

My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary.

Every time I "get with the program"... somebody changes the channel.