Everything you see in North Korea, it's all propaganda, but it's all connected to the volcano.

Never wallow in your troubles; despair must be kept private and brief.

I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment.

I think a state should not be in the capacity of killing anyone with the exception of warfare.

You will learn more by walking from Canada to Guatemala than you will ever learn in film school.

For me, the distinction between documentaries and feature films is not so clear - my "documentaries" were largely scripted, rehearsed, and repeated, and have a lot of fantasy and concoction in them.

I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush.