I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter, better, sexier, more violent, whatever.

You need, as a historian, essential triangulation from your subject and the only way you get that triangulation is through time.

There is no communication in this world except between equals.

History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are.

In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions the filmmaker wants you to feel.

I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter, better, sexier, more violent, whatever.

One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always a focus on the way characters live, and not just the male heroes.