I found that while it was interesting to travel around and take the photographs, I would find that I was more interested in the stories behind the photographs. I was more interested in narrative.

Filmmaking became a possible way for me to combine my interest in photography and in gathering stories, as well as my interest in journalism and political science and international relations.

I think most directors subscribe to the principle that less is more, and the best direction is the most concise direction.

A bee does not need to follow you to give you honey: you follow it. Become a person of value and you too won’t have to beg anyone to follow you.

Every major outward change must first begin in the mind.

Your dreams are unlimited possibilities.

Catty is not cool. I can't think of anything less becoming than a man who talks about people behind their backs.

What Americans expect from Washington is action that matches the urgency they feel in their daily lives.

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.

My, how beautiful is war! its songs, its leisure!

Duty is what no-one else will do at the moment.

Of course, at their best, movies are anti-literature and, as a medium, belong not to writers, not to actors, but to directors.

There is no particular reason to search for meaning.