A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.
I love art because it doesn't have rules like baseball. The only rule is to be good. That's the toughest thing to do.
I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting.
I guess I've shot about 40,000 negatives and of these I have about 800 pictures I like.
If you choose your subject selectively - intuitively - the camera can write poetry.
Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.
To be a photographer, one must photograph. No amount of book learning, no checklist of seminars attended, can substitute for the simple act of making pictures.
Nothing chased nightmares away faster than the rustle of printed paper.
Vanity is a strong temptation to lying; it makes people magnify their merit, over flourish their family, and tell strange stories of their interest and acquaintance.
I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.
In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass out of the open mouth instead of up into the roof, as it would if the head were held naturally.