Weegee Quotations

Sure. I’d like to live regular. Go home to a good looking wife, a hot dinner, and a husky kid. But I guess I got film in my blood. I love this racket. It’s exciting. It’s dangerous. It’s funny. It’s tough. It’s heartbreaking.

News photography teaches you to think fast.

A natural-born photographer, with hypo in my blood.

People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.

I have no chips on my shoulder. I like to be constructive. As I have said, I have inspired many persons to take up photography. As a matter of fact, I inspire myself. (When I take a good picture I give myself a bonus.).

I am a perfectionist. When I take a picture...it's gotta be good.

It's been a strange [summer].... I was sent by a magazine to photograph famous photographers.... Of course, I included myself.

Anyone who looks for life can find it... and they don't need to photograph ashcans. The average camera fan reminds me of Pollyanna, with a lollypop in one hand and a camera in the other. You can't be a Nice Nelly and take news pictures.

I had so many unsold murder pictures lying around my room...I felt as if I were renting out a wing of the City Morgue.

The same camera that photographs a murder scene can photograph a beautiful society affair at a big hotel.