There Are No Ordinary Lives.

When A Documentary Filmmaker, Working In The Style That I Do, Suggests That There Has Been A Shooting Ratio Of 40 Hours To Every One Hour Of Finished Film, That Doesn't Mean That The Other 39 Are Bad.

People Tend To Forget That The Word "history" Contains The Word "story".

I Wake The Dead. I Bring Jackie Robinson And The Roosevelts To Life. Who Do You Think Im Trying To Wake Up?

I Can Understand Why Some Of These Drummers And Bass Players Become Cult Figures With All Of Their Equipment And The Incredible Amount Of Technique They Have. But There's Very Little That I Think Satisfies You Intellectually Or Emotionally.

I Have Made All My Films For My Children With The Exception Of My First Film Because My Oldest Daughter Wasn't Born When I Was Making The Film About The Brooklyn Bridge.