A photograph passes for incontrovertible proof that a given thing happened. The picture may distort; but there is always a presumption that something exists, or did exist, which is like what’s in the picture

Photography is, first of all, a way of seeing.

The capacity to be overwhelmed by the beautiful is astonishingly sturdy and survives amidst the harshest distractions.

With more people, there are more voices to tune out.

If tragedy is an experience of hyperinvolvement, comedy is an experience of underinvolvement, of detachment.

What pornography is really about, ultimately, isn't sex but death.

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams.