Quotes About Growth

Having a phobia has changed me.

In a way, I had a very good and normal childhood. I had loving and caring parents. But I had a lot of quirks or problems when I was growing up. I had phobias and obsessions.

I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes.

I think Phoenix is a place where people see the potential. They see the young core that we have. They see the fan base, the wonderful city.

I could probably make another series of 'Phoenix Nights' or 'Max And Paddy,' but that would just feel like a safe bet.

I had a couple great years in Phoenix, man.

People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.

I think one of the great things is that when I got started, no one would return my calls, and now I get a lot of phone calls, which is good. I have options.

I started out as a receptionist. I typed, I filed, I answered the phones for a little nine-person company.

Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.

I don't like to photograph children as children. I like to see them as adults, as who they really are. I'm always looking for the side of who they might become.

I started shooting for 'Photograph' right after 'Dangal' so, it's really special for me.

I don't like my work. I didn't like my work in 'Dangal,' and then in 'Photograph,' I was cribbing.

Think both big and small. Loving to bake doesn't only mean becoming a baker. It could mean starting a blog, becoming a food photographer, or going into organic chemistry.

When I left art college, I was a still photographer for a year.

I'll always be an amateur photographer.

I would like to become a better photographer. I'm working on that.

That experience of being at Mt. St. Helen's was really formative. I don't even know if I'd be a photographer. It was an essential moment for me.

I'm still learning and I'm still growing as a photographer.

When you start out, you're not really aware. I didn't have a sense of photographic history.

I look back at old photographs and videotapes, and I go, Who was I trying to be? Who was I doing this for?

Before adolescence I had an incredible voice. Like when I was 12, 13, 14 - I was taking acting classes, I was painting, I was making music, I was taking photographs. I was kind of exploding creatively, and then something about adolescence really just ground that out of me.

With my mum, I grew up watching her taking photographs, but with your parents, you just go, Those are my parents. Then you get to a certain age and, if youre lucky, you have the opportunity to talk to them.

I got into photography when my kids were little, and I continued talking pictures over the years.