I think if the extremists were happy with my films, I'd start to worry.

At a certain point, you have to stop being precious with your material and be cruel and harsh and judgmental.

I've always been curious in why different people believe the things they do and do the things they do - in the different ways that people live.

I think this is one of those issues where the deeper you dig, the murkier it gets - and everyone who has spent a lot of time thinking about these issues.

Balancing the complex point of view in the edit room was mostly a matter of challenging ourselves to keep digging deeper.

I don't think that any law enforcement got in trouble for the event in Eugene where police sprayed the tree-sitters who were protesting the cutting of the trees for the parking garage.

I loved watching documentaries and had wanted to try making one for years - I'd just put it off as other opportunities arose. But I felt like time was running out for me if I wanted to do it.

I was surprised to see how much the mainstream environmental movement hates the ELF.

My wife runs a non-profit that gives legal information online to victims of domestic violence.

No doubt I would have felt reverent in less lovely places, because I imagined a past I connected to myself.

Tears and grief are good for reflection, moving on is still the best solution.

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

Don't build a glass house if you're worried about saving money on heating.

But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya.

My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.

Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. I wish my life had more of it.

Castle Face Records, run by The Oh Sees main man, Johnny Dwyer is always worth checking in with.

I think I have every piece of music Bob Marley ever made.

Can man be free if woman be a slave?