Usually I object when someone makes over-much of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts.

If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.

I'm afraid my closely guarded solitude causes some hurt feelings now and then. But how to explain, without wounding someone, that you want to be wholly in the world you are writing about, that it would take two days to get the visitor's voice out of the house so that you could listen to your own characters again?

Life is beating against the school windows. You must quickly open the doors and go out to learn that no door must be locked against you.

If anyone gets in my way when I'm making a picture, I become irrational. I'm never sure what I am going to do, or sometimes even aware of what I do-only that I want that picture.

A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.

I was to discover that the quest for human understanding is a lifetime one that has no end in sight.