Strictly speaking, it is doubtful that a photograph can help us understand anything.

I discovered that I am tired of being a person. Not just tired of being the person I was, but any person at all

Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it.

A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world. That means trying to understand, take in, connect with, what wickedness human beings are capable of; and not be corrupted - made cynical, superficial - by this understanding.

Intelligence is not necessarily a good thing, something to value or cultivate. It's more like a fifth wheel - necessary or desirable when things break down. When things go well, it's better to be stupid ... Stupidity is as much a value as intelligence.

To photograph is to confer importance.