Documentary Quotes

“I'm a big believer in the power of the documentary.”

“Documentary is a storytelling form. It's not a lecture.”

“The documentary I made about my aunt, Joan Didion, was the most personal thing I've ever done.”

“The basis of my work is the documentary approach. That's the bedrock of my filmmaking.”

“I love documentaries. I've always been a fan of them.”

“A documentary is a film that can be used as evidence.”

“In feature films the director is God; in documentary films, God is the director.”

“The subject of my movies is the common-place.”

“The series is a microcosm of the class system.”

“Documentary is my favorite form of filmmaking.”

“The truth is always more interesting than fiction.”

“The creative treatment of actuality.”

“In documentary we deal with the actual, and in one sense with the real. But the word 'real' is a tricky one.”

“The documentary is a new and vital art form that can and must serve the community.”

“The documentary idea... was a new idea for public education... to bring the citizen's mind to his citizenship.”

“The great documentaries are based on a strong moral position.”

“The goal was to get inside the movement, to hear the voices of the people who were there.”

“Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination.”

“I find that the most interesting stories are the ones that are about real people and real events.”

“I'm a huge fan of documentaries.”