I'm a patriot, and I think democracy is the best system available. It's very flawed, but it works better than anything else.

The DVD does make it a little easier for myself to trim things that are otherwise very difficult to let loose of - knowing that they'll make it on the DVD.

I wish I was sort of someone like Woody Allen who can stage everything in one long master shot, no coverage; just, you know, that's it.

Hedda's Hopper attitude was 'once a Commie, always a Commie.'

People have an actual bias against there being some kind of popularity for political films, and when they get acknowledged, it helps keep the conversation going.

Even modern wars are fought like revenge tales from some petty grievance.

Sometimes perfecting the one thing can be the enemy of getting any traction on anything else.