“I'm not a serious photographer like many of my contemporaries. That is...” — Elliott Erwitt Quote

“I'm not a serious photographer like many of my contemporaries. That is to say, I am serious about not being serious.”

“Professionally I've evolved with what's required, but the pictures I do for pleasure haven't changed, except for the cars in the background, the clothing. I haven't changed at all.”

“I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my loved ones, young and old, and at least once a year we get together for a formal family photograph.”

“While I love to read contemporary fiction, I'm not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it's because the former journalist in me is too inhibited by the press of reality; when I think about writing of my own time I always think about nonfiction narratives. Or perhaps it's just that I find the present too confounding.”

“Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners.”