"I grew up in a modern business environment and did not experience the kind of prejudice that my mother and grandfather experienced."

“Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment of Jesus to the oppressed as a new center, no longer stands in continuity with the apostolic faith.”

“The white room is an interior to be made devoid of any specific sensualism emanated by objects. Ultimately it is classic white canvas expanded into three-dimensional space.”

Source : "Nervous Stillness on the Horizon". Book editing by Monika Faber, 2005.

“If I could be said to have any kind of aesthetic, it’s sort of a magpie aesthetic—I just go and pick up whatever is around. If you think about it, the children were there, so I took pictures of my children. It’s not that I’m interested in children that much or photographing them—it’s just that they were there…”

Source : "Dog Bone Prints: Sally Mann". Art in the Twenty-First Century Interview, art21.org. September 2001.

“I repeat Sturgeon's Revelation, which was wrung out of me after twenty years of wearying defense of science fiction against attacks of people who used the worst examples of the field for ammunition, and whose conclusion was that ninety percent of SF is crud.”

“Religion should be about your relationship with God, not what the church says you can and can't do.”

“I'm one of 23 million Americans in recovery who have gone on to live productive lives.”

“I didn't take a single business class. I learned on the job.”

“As long as His Majesty is sick, I will move my bed to his chambers, the better to care for him.”