American democracy is supposed to be the paradigm for the rest of the world.

We know more about Tom [Cruise] and Katie [Holmes] than we do about global warming. We're the most entertained, least informed people in the world.

Investigative journalism has been relegated to a very, very tiny space in America. We don't really have much investigative journalism left. And the last refuge for it is documentary filmmaking.

American democracy is supposed to be the paradigm for the rest of the world, and it no longer is. Citizens cannot be guaranteed that they can walk into a voting booth with any assurance that their vote will be counted.

It is more important to be of service than successful.

The way you get democracy to function is by informing the public.

We're not protecting the environment for the sake of the fishes and the birds. We're protecting it for our own sake.