“This time, there have been a lot of interesting discussions about the subject matter, and I’ve had a good time talking about it. And in some of the cases, I’m not just signing books – I’m showing slides and talking about the work”

I consider myself more spiritual than religious.

Those who cannot hear an angry shout may strain to hear a whisper.

Whatever I have given, I have gained.

I’ve never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question.

Without followers, evil cannot spread.

I began working with a family camera. It was called a Kodak Autographic, which was one of those things where you flopped it open and pulled out the bellows. And I’ve been at it ever since – I’ve never stopped.

Because I have been lonely, I value love.

A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.

I use a computer. I don’t know if that qualifies me as a techie, but I’m pretty good on the computer.

The means of many outweigh the means of the few or one.

It’s nice to get off the couch, throw the clothes on, add a little make-up and go back to work, every once in a while.

I became involved in photography when I was about thirteen years old.

I’ve enjoyed photography, ever since I was a teenager, and I’m still at it. I’ve had shows in various cities, around the country, and I have a number of pieces in permanent collections in museums that I’m very proud of.

Which is probably the reason why I work exclusively in black and white to highlight that contrast.

The camera can capture thought in a way that’s quite surprising and shocking. You can become very simple and minimal in your work and communicate a lot with just a finger or an eyebrow, or a look, or a glance.

I’m not an equipment nut. I tend to use whatever’s at hand. I have several cameras, of course, but I’m not emotional about any of them

So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.

Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life.

Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.

You can write about anything for children as long as you’ve got humour.

Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn’t catch their eye they won’t bother to read what’s inside.

If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.

It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.