quotes about Carrie

“First thing I do [in the morning] is thank the master. I thank God every day.”

“Everyone in my family was a very serious worker, always with a determination to provide for each other.”

“Responsibility to self simply means to acknowledge inner truth-our imperfections and our power, our beauty.”

“RAW is very forgiving. I was photographing a farm woman in Ecuador cooking over a small fire and my fill flash didn't go off a few times. I was about to delete the RAW files but decided to play with the curves first because I like the composition. It turned out that the image, although underexposed by two stops, was better than the fill-flashed images because the fire was the only source of illumination and it looked more real.”

“Two or three things I know, two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is that to go on living I have to tell stories, that stories are the one sure way I know to touch the heart and change the world”

Source : Dorothy Allison (1996). “Two or Three Things I Know for Sure”, p.58, Penguin

“Spiritual Practice involves being constantly aware”

“Oh dear,' said Eddie. 'We'd better hurry. Tinto, call me a cab.' All right,' said Tinto. 'You're a cab.”

“Look at lots of exhibitions and books, and don't get hung up on cameras and technical things. Photography is about images.”

“I would argue that coffee has been far more important to literature than alcohol.”

“It's kind of condoned in our society: There are things that an abusive mate could get away with with their partner that they could not with a stranger.”