You can write a short story in two hours. Two hours a day, you have a novel in a year
The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way.
Life wanted faces that would express what we wanted to tell. Not just the unusual or striking face, but the face that would speak out the message from the printed page. I am always looking for some typical person or face that will tie the picture essay together in a human way.
Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.
To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.
A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.
Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.
All peoples enjoy freedom, and freedom for the development of their culture. . . There is no Jewish problem in the Soviet Union at all. . . I have many friends who are Jews.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as possible.
It's through the voice that I tend to figure out the character (and through dialogue that I come to understand other characters).
When we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery. Will there also be faith? Yes, if our attention is focused more on the cross, and on the God of the cross, than on the suffering itself.