I wanted to do a political film that is as nonpartisan as can be, because I wanted to do a story that was American. I wanted to tell an American tragedy.

If you change the right mind, then that person can perhaps change the world.

I like to write about things about which I have no answers, questions that trouble me. These things trouble me.

United States could be a great country. It needs to be a great country. It's our responsibility as citizens to make that happen, every single one of us.

I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don’t know why I couldn’t.

I miss my mother very, very much.

Right after we invaded Iraq, I put a sign on my lawn that said "War is not the answer." That sign was either defaced, ripped up, or stolen every week. I had to replace that sign twelve times.