Documentary filmmaking ruins you for real life, because you learn to be extremely attentive.

I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself.

I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize my films or anyone else's.

It is always a problem to know what an image means.

It's rare in a documentary film that you have a repetitive act. So when you do, you can shoot it in different ways so that you have more choices when you're sitting down to edit that sequence six months later.

In moviemaking, you learn to pay attention to detail, because so much is in the detail. And when you're shooting, you try to be very alert to what's going on, even if you're tired.

Documentary filmmaking ruins you for real life, because you learn to be extremely attentive.