I always prefer to work in the studio. It isolates people from their environment

It's not hard being great occasionally. It's difficult to be good consistently.

I never wanted to be called an artist. I wanted to be called a photographer.

Marilyn Monroe gave more to the still camera than any actress, any woman I've ever photographed; infinitely more patient, more demanding of herself and more comfortable in front of the camera than away from it.

I don't really remember the day when I stood behind my camera with Henry Kissinger on the other side. I am sure he doesn't remember it either. But this photograph is here now to prove that no amount of kindness on my part could make this photograph mean exactly what he.. or even I.. wanted it to mean. It's a reminder of the wonder and terror that is a photograph.

We all perform. It's what we do for each other all the time, deliberately or unintionally. It's a way of telling about ourselves in the hope of being recognized as what we'd like to be.--PERFORMANCE

If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a picture?