If I worked in my apartment, I'd never leave my apartment.

My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life.

I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself.

I'm very careful of not being critical of other people's movies, which work in different styles. I think some of my movies can be interpreted as critical of their subjects.

I'm in no way suggesting that I succeed, but it's inspiring to read somebody who does succeed and from whom, in a general way, you can draw examples and nourishment and sustenance.

I'm too busy to be nostalgic, which is one of the reasons to keep busy. I'm not a very sentimental person.

Documentary filmmaking ruins you for real life, because you learn to be extremely attentive.

Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works.

In moviemaking, you learn to pay attention to detail, because so much is in the detail. And when you're shooting, you try to be very alert to what's going on, even if you're tired.

I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize my films or anyone else's.

It is always a problem to know what an image means.

Why do you flirt with Mr. Daimler? He's a perv, you

Just as the truth can be buried under a rubble of lies, a lie can be buried under a rubble of truth.

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

it was first love. There's no love like that. I don't wish it on a soul. I don't hate anyone enough.

What men say: I'm sorry, honey. I was wrong. What men think: I'd love a Chipwich. I should go get one.

All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.

Love seizes us suddenly, without giving warning, and our disposition or our weakness favors the surprise; one look, one glance, from the fair fixes and determines us.

I'm not one of those writers who writes everyday.

I became a people-watcher when I lost all my friends when I was 12.

Take note of the fact that I am a follower (of the religion) and not an innovator.