I remember on page one of The New York Times the article about Fred Leuchter. The heading was "Can Capital Punishment Be Humane" and it was the story about an electric chair repairman and execution machine designer. And then buried in the back of the paper was the fact that Fred Leuchter had also been involved in holocaust denial.

I've never seen myself as a documentary filmmaker. I see myself as a filmmaker, period, and I am interested in drama as well as in documentary.

Certain kinds of intimacy emerge on a phone call that might never occur if you were sitting right next to the other person.

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

The smarter people I know declined to watch the most recent debate [with Donald Trump].

I like to point out that people very often confuse the idea that truth is subjective with the fact that truth is perishable.

[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.