We happen to live in an era that is incredibly wrapped up in notions of political correctness; everything is seen through the lens of politics. But being political and politically correct is just another way of fighting, another form of power and strategy, an insidious means of manipulation.

Everything is personal.

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

The worst thing is to sit and whine and complain and obsess about money as if that were the only sign of your worth as a human.

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

I find the training of the mind that Zen puts people through is by far to me, the most interesting, one of the most interesting disciplines.

What I like about the internet, what I see there is that its much more democratic. I have much more control, and if what I write is liked by the public, I have immediate feedback. There are so many things I want to say - about events in the news, politics, the gamesmanship and manipulations I read about, thoughts that occur to me about the power game, advice, on and on.