Philip Glass Once Told Me,

My Stuff Always Starts With Interviews. I Start Interviewing People, And Then Slowly But Surely, A Movie Insinuates Itself.

The Proper Route To An Understanding Of The World Is An Examination Of Our Errors About It.

You Can Think Of My Films As Cautionary Tales, But You Might Even Think Of Them As Despairing Tales, Because At Least In A Cautionary Tale, You Have This Idea That By Listening To The Story You Can Assure A Better Outcome. Whereas I'm Not At All Convinced That's The Case. In Fact, If Anything, I'm Convinced That It's The Opposite.

I'm Really Interested In Self-deception. Really Interested In How People Live In Bubble Universes. How People Can Fail To See The Seemingly Obvious.

If You Asked Me What Makes The World Go Round, I Would Say Self-deception. Self-deception Allows Us To Create A Consistent Narrative For Ourselves That We Actually Believe. I’m Not Saying That The Truth Doesn’t Matter. It Does. But Self-deception Is How We Survive.