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?

You are responsible for what you have done and the people whom you have influenced.

"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."

I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be Moses.

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

As photographers, we live through things so swiftly. All our experience and training is focused toward snatching off the highlights... That all significant perfect moment, so essential to capture, is often highly perishable. There may be little opportunity to probe deeper.

Even while you're in dead earnest about your work, you must approach it with a feeling of freedom and joy; you must be loose-jointed, like a relaxed athlete.