I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself.

My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life.

I'm very careful of not being critical of other people's movies, which work in different styles. I think some of my movies can be interpreted as critical of their subjects.

I'm in no way suggesting that I succeed, but it's inspiring to read somebody who does succeed and from whom, in a general way, you can draw examples and nourishment and sustenance.

I'm too busy to be nostalgic, which is one of the reasons to keep busy. I'm not a very sentimental person.

Documentary filmmaking ruins you for real life, because you learn to be extremely attentive.

Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works.

In moviemaking, you learn to pay attention to detail, because so much is in the detail. And when you're shooting, you try to be very alert to what's going on, even if you're tired.

I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize my films or anyone else's.

It is always a problem to know what an image means.

Everything about a movie is manipulation.

No sooner was the wound given than the remedy was provided and revealed.

I'm funny. I'm a comedian. I'm not a clown.

Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.

If your bigs rim run at full speed it not only increases the potential for a quick layup, but opens up court for guards

Conquer the angry man by love.

To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!

Logic is invincible, because in order to combat logic it is necessary to use logic.

There is nothing you can to do make God love you more! There is nothing you can do to make God love you less! His love is Unconditional, Impartial, Everlasting, Infinite, Perfect!

I'd like to meet god. Not to question it, just to have a peak at what it is. I say 'it' because we don't know what it is.

[N]or should you move so fast! The works of God do not proceed in that way; they come about of themselves, and those He does not create soon perish.