I don't make films about celebrities, are not interested in celebrities. I don't make biographies at all.

I think women have the ability to stick with things over a long period of time.

I like visual layers, stylistically, that's something I enjoy and seek to do.

You can root for someone who's imperfect.

There's always the question when you're making a documentary if the talking heads will work.

He suffered much, but he understood the mystery of pain: he knew that tears make all things shine.

The dance between darkness and light will always remain— the stars and the moon will always need the darkness to be seen, the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and the stars.

You're only young once but you can always be immature.

And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.

I never got into things to be famous. Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's annoying.

I think that some of it is electoral - helping candidates that are willing to take dramatic actions, not just to say a few words about how climate change might be a problem.

Even though I wasn't making a lot of money I was enjoying what I was doing.

Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves.

Assists is what Earvin is all about. That's what my whole life has been, assisting others.

No one should voluntarily remain in an environment which prevents his development.