"My life provides me with these images that become expressions of my daily experience."

“My first job is to write the characters as full and authentic people as well as I can.”

“All human life is here, but the Holy Ghost seems to be somewhere else.”

“I didn't take inspiration from other photographers, which in a way helped to find my own images.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“As an insecure writer, I'll finish a scene and worry there's a better version of it. Or it could be elevated somehow.”

“Probably a mistake, you know, that people make in America, to think that all great chefs are a male... I'm still the only male in the family who went into that business.”

“I have problems with machines which aren't gestural.”

“Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.”

Source : Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.102, Princeton University Press

“An effective leader is willing to think about what's happening and how to understand what's going on. Facilitating flow and making others more conscious of it, the leader communicates an awareness of process to the group, making them more aware of their energies and options. One important principle is to keep track of who has not spoken. ... It's also important to notice when people do speak out but are not heard. Effective leaders practice patience, reminding themselves to wait and observe, remembering that there's always more going on in a group than we're consciously aware of.”