Bill Gates, who is the classic computer nerd, as opposed to Steve who is, like the coolest guy in the world. And who is really doing things to make the world a better place?

With every project I start out on, there's no footage. It's always a big slog to find the footage.

No one likes documentaries.

As a filmmaker, I always took my inspiration from a filmmaker named Marcel Ophüls, who said, "I always have a point of view, but the trick is showing how hard it is to come to that point of view."

Jobs' incredible skill was as a storyteller, a salesman. He could captivate our imaginations and reel us in. He was more P.T. Barnum than Thomas Edison.

Fundamental problem in American democracy is that we are allowing congressmen and senators to be bought and sold like sneakers.

I come from a filmmaking tradition and a storytelling background. So somehow I've emerged like a mutant who can straddle both worlds.

It's easy to get armchair analysts to talk, but to get people on the inside to talk is very, very hard.

The stuff about film being a collaborative medium is no joke.

I think many articles in the New Yorker have a strong point of view, but they are so rigorously fact-checked. I wouldn't call them objective, but they feel fair.

As the power of governments wanes, corporations become ever more powerful. Sometimes they do things that aren't so good. We should pay attention.

I have already lost the knowledge of the word whose sound has the shape of a soul. But perhaps it's not too late. Come with me. Hurry now. We still have a chance to be young.

Learn how to learn...then start learning

If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.

Freedom begs responsibility

Gujarat is truly vibrant. Be it handicrafts, folk music, art, costumes or food - the state offers the best of everything.

The great moral powers of the soul are faith, hope, and love.

I was born the son of a humble mechanic. A quantum mechanic.

The starship thing is really political action and reaction, the natural outgrowth of Volunteers.

For one moment our lives met, our souls touched.

I have no idea if world peace is attainable. But aiming for it is.