Nothing is so obvious that it's obvious.

Philip Glass once told me, "They can always copy what you've done, but they can't copy what you're going to do."

I think we get into all kinds of difficulty by saying photographs should be taken in a certain way which guarantees their veracity. I think that's a slippery slope to hell.

There are many dramas that I would like to make: dramas based on real stories. It's approaching things from the other side.

[Elsa Dorfman]was well known. Certainly in the Boston area, she's well known as a portrait photographer. My wife always wanted to meet her and then there was some benefit where she was taking pictures.

Twenty to thirty years ago, who was making documentary films? Nobody. Well, relatively few people. It was an art form that had limited theatrical distribution, if any at all. Some television distribution, but relatively small audiences regardless. And in the intervening years it's become more and more popular with a lot of people.

In fact, part of the Netflix series is drama.Beyond re-enactments. Why not invent something new?