There is a documentary element in my films, a very strong documentary element, but by documentary element, I mean an element that's out of control, that's not controlled by me. And that element is the words, the language that people use, what they say in an interview. They're not written, not rehearsed. It's spontaneous, extemporaneous material. People

It's a kind of honour when I see how many people are imitating the style of how I make films.

What's great about documentary genre, it seems to me, is that it can be experimental filmmaking. You have a license to do a lot of diverse things under the umbrella of "documentary."

I envy certain writers, because there are writers who do go into a kind of different zone, where the writing isn't controlled anymore.

If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative for ourselves that we actually believe. I’m not saying that the truth doesn’t matter. It does. But self-deception is how we survive.

My films are as much concerned with truth as anything in vérité. Maybe more so.

Truth and falsity is something that concerns language, it's a property of language.