I own a few thousand snapshots, which is small by the standards of most collectors I know. I generally only buy photos I think I may actually be able to use in a book one day. I need that focus when buying, because without it I'd just buy everything and my house would be overrun with bucket loads of snapshots; there are just too many beautiful images in the world, and I'd need to own them all.

Sometimes you just need to go through a door.

Do you ever find yourself climbing into an open grave during a bombing raid and wish you'd just stayed in bed?

Maybe it was better, now and then, to wonder.

I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting

I grew up feeling like a weirdo like many kids do. But I was lucky to find my own home for peculiar children. I went to a school for the gifted in Florida, and it was full of kids who - we were all strange together. And that was a real blessing.

Our debt was too great and the words thank you too small.