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" The problem with a lot of narrative films is that they're not real enough. "

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" I feel like there's a lot of sympathy and camaraderie among documentary filmmakers. "

" They don't make people like Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley anymore. "

" I so often doubt how much people on television believe what they're saying. They're playing roles for think tanks or political parties or shills of whatever stripe. "

" Like the ancient Silk Road itself, 'The Sound of Silk' will make the foreign familiar while challenging long-held notions of identity and our place in the world. "

" I came up in left-wing political writing. My first job out of college was working as Gore Vidal's fact checker. "

" Success and singing is not synonymous. "

" Watching somebody sing reveals a lot about character. "

" When you come from a place and an identity, you can feel constricted and have to get away. But then you realise how much a part of you it is. "

" I always tell aspiring documentary filmmakers, 'You have to go into it because you love it; if you go into it for the money, you're an idiot.' The number one prerequisite is you have to be intensely curious. If you love learning and trying to make people figure out what makes people tick, it's the best job in the world. "

" Music, like film, is an incredible tool for creating empathy. "

" To be a backup singer, you have to walk into any situation and just be perfect from the first take to the 50th take. "

" TV tends to laud the person with the perfect one-liner rather than the one with the better idea. "

" If the Olympic Spirit is about overcoming every hurdle and accepting no limits, then I think Samsung is a great ambassador for these values. "

" We saw The Who on New Year's Eve in 1975. "

" Culture in general is important, and people's identify is tied up in it. It's how we connect with others. "

" Sometimes we have our perfect foils, or you can call them their bete noir: the person who brings out both the best and the worst in you because you disagree with them so completely. Yet, you understand and respect them enough to give it your all. "

" I always like learning the small details about a subject. "

" Space is something which makes us question our role here on Earth. It brings out the best of our hopes and dreams. "

" If I told my 14-year-old self that I'd be hanging out with Keith Richards talking about records, my head would've exploded. "

" You make documentaries because you love doing it; it's the only sane reason to make documentaries. "

" I wish I didn't care about what people thought as much as Keith Richards doesn't care. "

" I am a big believer in the power of journalism; it's a heroic pursuit. "

" Everything about Hank Williams interests me. His music, his life. His death. His impact. "

" Non-fiction or documentaries can tell any kind of a story because they don't have to adhere to the rules of what's possible. When you're making something up, you have to say, 'Well, this is what would happen here,' but in reality, stuff happens that seems impossible. "

" I've produced two docs for Cameron Crowe, and I've always loved him as a filmmaker. "

" I think of myself as a cultural filmmaker. "

" Vidal was a novelist, an essayist, a playwright, a screenwriter, and many other things. Buckley started a magazine, hosted a TV show, lead a political movement, and was a master debater. They were multihyphenates in a way that you rarely see anymore. "