It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being educated, how I'm supposed to think.
But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kinds of policies just is not reflective of their opinions.
I've probably given more speeches, been on TV more than any other member of the Court - or almost any other member of the Court.
It would seem that some black people want to say that when you, as a black, become successful, you cease to be black. That's ridiculous.
I'm still down with Jesus. I like to think of him mostly as a social revolutionary who mixed with bad crowds and hated the rich.
Foreign-language books are sometimes more beautiful when you can't tell what's being said. It's like you ruin it by reading.
I used to hate doing color. I hated transparency film. The way I did color was by not wanting to know what kind of film was in my camera.
In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard look; clapboard houses, staircases outdoors.
Photography has always been about documentary, the depiction of the instant, a moment, sometimes a place. Each project is somehow an experimentation of a specific context or a character.
The lessons of the past should steer us towards ensuring lasting legacies for generations yet to be born.
But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the Chinese are not religious.
Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even atheists.
The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development.
A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one?
In a deal, you give and take. You compromise. Then you grab the cash and catch the next train out of town.
Over the years I must have spent thousands of hours silently brushing on the liquid coatings, preparing each sheet in anticipation of reaching the perfect print.
Today I am announcing my support for Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States of America.
No matter what you do, you can act your heart out, but people will always say, 'Oh, Julie Adams - 'Creature from the Black Lagoon.'
If you are ever going to move beyond where you stand at that moment you have to conjure a picture in your head of where you want to go.
Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.
People read inevitability as entitlement, and the American people want their candidates to sweat for the job. They want them to actually make a case for the job.
