I exercise a lot and I love it. I'm fine. But you know, I'd like to be alive in ten years, that'd be my first priority.

The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.

It looks like I had the most irrelevant education than anybody in the planet could have.

For as one star another far exceeds, So souls in heaven are placed by their deeds.

News makes things black and white. Documentary filmmaking should do the opposite.

Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory. The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any momentary change of opinion. It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate.

I think I can do whatever I want with fiction, but the more documentary it is, the better it will be because that's what I'm good at. I'm good at observing people's behavior and putting these unspoken things into movie contexts in ways that other people can sometimes miss.