The Smarter People I Know

A Movie Is Like A Tip Of An Iceberg, In A Way, Because So Little Of What You Do In Connection With Making A Movie Actually Gets Into The Movie. Almost Everything Gets Left Behind.

Mike Wallace's Interviews May Make Great Television, But They Don't Produce Great Evidence.

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.

I Gave Someone A Perverse Argument Not So Long Ago About Why Advertising Is Better Than Movies. You Want To Hear It? Movies Operate From A Really Disingenuous Premise, That People Are Heroes. I Know A Lot Of People And Have Had An Opportunity Over The Years To Observe Them. Are They Heroes...? Let's Put It This Way. Advertising Tries Something Simpler And More Believable: Products As Heroes. I Guess The Idea Is: When All Else Fails, Put Your Faith In Conditioner.

A Lot Of The Distinctions That We Make Between Drama And Documentary Are Spurious. We're Deeply Confused About These Issues. About The Difference Between The Two, About Where Documentary Ends And Drama Begins.