By Its Very Nature, No One Person

You Can Learn As Much About The History From Reading About The Present As You Can Vice Versa, That Is Learning About The Present Through History, Which Is What I Do For A Living.

I Enjoy Total Creative Control Right Now. Nobody Tells Me To Make It Longer, Shorter, Better, Sexier, More Violent, Whatever.

The Reason Why You Do History, And Particularly Why You Do War, Is That You Want To Make Sure That In The Next War, Some Lessons Were Learned. There's A Saying: "history Doesn't Repeat Itself, But It Does Rhyme." Or Ecclesiastes: "what Has Been Will Be Again. What Has Been Done Will Be Done Again." Human Nature Always Superimposes Itself - Its Strength And Its Frailty Over The Rush Of Chaos Of Ongoing Events - And We Can Perceive Patterns And Themes And Motifs.

I Don't Think That There Has Been A Film That I've Done That Hasn't Been Influenced By Libraries And Archives.

Jazz Is A Very Accurate, Curiously Accurate Accompaniment To 20th Century America.