I've lost count of the plane tickets I've had in my pocket for people's weddings and other celebrations which I've had to tear up because I was making a film. How many things like that can you miss and still be in people's lives?
I hope that every film I make has something to offer in the area of making people feel either vindicated or different in terms of who they are.
When politicians say, 'Oh, parents should supervise their kids' Internet use,' it drives me crazy.
Our politicians don't say anything anymore: they just refute and assert.
We have allowed a situation to develop in which it is legal for a multibillion dollar industry to own, wholly and in perpetuity, the intimate and personal details of children.
At 99 and after a long stay in a nursing home, the death of legendary photographer Eve Arnold was hardly a surprise - though she may have been just a little annoyed to quit a few months short of 100.