The pursuit of truth, properly considered, shouldn't stop short of insanity.

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.

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

The perfect war is started for obscure reasons, is hopelessly murderous, and accomplishes nothing.

I never intended to be a documentary filmmaker. I think I became a documentary filmmaker because I had trouble writing, and I had trouble finishing things.

I gave someone a perverse argument not so long ago about why advertising is better than movies. You want to hear it? Movies operate from a really disingenuous premise, that people are heroes. I know a lot of people and have had an opportunity over the years to observe them. Are they heroes...? Let's put it this way. Advertising tries something simpler and more believable: Products as heroes. I guess the idea is: When all else fails, put your faith in conditioner.

I've always wondered where explanations end and excuses begin.