You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
I was just so lucky to have a wonderful life after a tough marriage.
When you're shy, a camera becomes an entry into life. It was a kind of shield I could hide my shyness behind, and it allowed me to become an active observer rather than a passive one.
The emphasis in doing any in-depth photography is on building relationships, quality relationships. It's what I call thirty-cups-of-coffee-a-frame photography. You need to enter into the community - not just photographically, but intellectually and emotionally.
Its taken me a long time to become the person I am, for all the ugliness to fall away. The rotten flesh is gone, and the seed is there. I can touch that now.
Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night. . . Without the satisfaction.
I'm not just buying a car - I'm buying a lifestyle!
The game of chess is a metaphor for life. . . it teaches you strategy and it teaches you the value of knowing where you are, where you want to get to and what obstacles are in the way that you need to navigate in order to get there.
Don't try to fine-tune somebody else's view.
Did you know I have always suspected that men were idiots," Daphne ground out, "but I was never positive until today.
I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and slightly scary - a good combination for a teacher.