There are moments that you suffer a lot, moments you won't photograph. There are some people you like better than others. But you give, you receive, you cherish, you are there. When you are really there, you know when you see the picture later what you are seeing.

In the end, the only heritage we have is our planet, and I have decided to go to the most pristine places on the planet and photograph them in the most honest way I know, with my point of view, and of course it is in black and white, because it is the only thing I know how to do.

Of course I will continue photography. I love photography. But when you become old, it's too much.

I have two children. I have a Down syndrome child whom I love very much, and my wife that I love.

Throughout his career, W.G. Sebald wrote poems that were strikingly similar to his prose. His tone, in both genres, was always understated but possessed of a mournful grandeur.

I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.

I would like to become the prime minister, do the job for two years, and then leave and devote myself to public work.

Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.