People - running from unhappiness, hiding in power - are locked within their reputations, ambitions, beliefs.

I've photographed just about everyone in the world. But what I hope to do is photograph people of accomplishment, not celebrity, and help define the difference once again.

I never wanted to be called an artist. I wanted to be called a photographer.

If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a picture?

I was a good surfer because we grew up a block from the water, and my father took us to the ocean the way other fathers take their kids to the park.

I need family support close because when you go to work, they are long days and it can get lonely.

Having one child makes you a parent; having two, you are a referee.

We came from a family where we ran our own small business. Our dad made his own products. We made our own sausages, our own meatloafs, our own pickles. Dad had to do everything himself. He had to figure out how to finance his business.