War makes its own morals.

Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.

We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.

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.

Utter truth is essential...and to get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours.

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?

Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.