I am a perfectionist. When I take a picture...it's gotta be good.

People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.

I’m no part time dilettante photographer, unlike the bartenders, shoe salesmen, floorwalkers plumbers, barbers, grocery clerks and chiropractors whose great hobby is their camera. All their friends rave about what wonderful pictures they take. If they’re so good, why don’t they take pictures full—time, for a living, and make floor walking, chiropractics, etc., their hobby? But everyone wants to play it safe. They’re afraid to give up their pay checks and their security they might miss a meal.

I am a perfectionist. When I take a picture...it's gotta be good.

A natural-born photographer, with hypo in my blood.

Sure. I’d like to live regular. Go home to a good looking wife, a hot dinner, and a husky kid. But I guess I got film in my blood. I love this racket. It’s exciting. It’s dangerous. It’s funny. It’s tough. It’s heartbreaking.

To me, pictures are like blintzes - ya gotta get 'em while they're hot.