There's always the question when you're making a documentary if the talking heads will work.

I think women have the ability to stick with things over a long period of time.

I like visual layers, stylistically, that's something I enjoy and seek to do.

I don't make films about celebrities, are not interested in celebrities. I don't make biographies at all.

You can root for someone who's imperfect.

The life of faith is not a life of mounting up with wings, but a life of walking and not fainting.

The greatest moments of creativity come in absolute solitude, when one’s mind is free from distraction and able to probe the depths of the impossible.

(reporter interviewing Broadway dancer Tommy Tune:) 'Do you think that greats like Fred Astaire possessed some kind of magic?'(pause)'No. Magic possesses them'.

Stop for a moment... let's see what you have skipped!

Between [Speaker of the House] Paul Ryan, [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump's team, I don't see a lot of openings for making real progress.

You do a lot of concatenating when you're an Oulipian

While the mind lives in the past and the future, the body lives in the now.

All kings are blind. The good ones see this and use more than their eyes to lead.

I suspect that these traits-desire, commitment, and good work habits-are important in all facets of our lives. . .

Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.