Like A Layer On A Pearl, You

Do Something That Will Last And Be Beautiful. It Doesn't Have To Be A Bridge-or A Symphony Or Book Or A Business. It Could Be The Look In The Eye Of A Child You Raise Or A Simple Garden You Tend. Do Something That Will Last And Be Beautiful.

I Record All Of My Music With Authentic Instruments In A Studio Before We Start Editing, Doing Many, Many Versions. The Music Shapes The Film As We Edit So It Has An Organic Relationship To The Content.

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.

You Need, As A Historian, Essential Triangulation From Your Subject And The Only Way You Get That Triangulation Is Through Time.

I Think We Too Often Make Choices Based On The Safety Of Cynicism, And What We're Lead To Is A Life Not Fully Lived. Cynicism Is Fear, And It's Worse Than Fear - It's An Active Disengagement.