I've never liked the moment of seeing something beautiful - a sunset, a moose, an elephant - and then raising a camera and trying to capture it for some future moment. That's always struck me as strange.

I always liked strange characters.

I've taken a mail packet boat along the southern Newfoundland coast and spent some time on St. Pierre and Miquelon watching the seal colonies. I like pine trees. I like cold rivers.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

The presidential campaign of 2004 was a watershed moment in political fund raising because of the convergence of a new regulatory regime, a bitterly fought campaign and closely divided electorate and the increasing sophistication of Internet technology.

Capturing the moment matters most when you capture the heart of the moment.