There is such a thing as truth, but we have a vested interest in not seeing it, in avoiding it.

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

Writing is a form of talking, although writing is such an odd thing in and of itself. People go about it in such different ways.

Nothing is so obvious that it's obvious.

It's so much easier to make a movie about someone who is so likeable that you just want to get out of the way.

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'm one simple way I think I've succeeded was capturing Elsa [Dorfman]. There's something about Elsa, her personality, and her work that I believe is there.