The interesting thing for me is, if I met Michael Peterson in person, I'd want him to let himself off the hook just a little bit.
The hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second which comes with a sort of mastery.
You finish a project and start looking for something that might interest you. A lot of the films I've made are a reaction to something I've done right before.
That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting people every single one of my subjects is.
There's no particular evidence that any of the lower mammals or any of the other animals have any interest in aesthetics at all. But Homo sapiens does, always has and always will.
The interesting part is that most of the kids I speak to have grown up watching 'Full House', so they feel like they know me and can talk to me.
I think that the quality of all bands is steadily improving and it is a pleasant thought to me that perhaps the efforts of Sousa's Band have quickened that interest and improved that quality.
I've always been sort of interested in the rural countryside. Things happen out there that are very strange to city dwellers.
Capitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subsidizes a vested interest in social unrest.
The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged - debating - helped shape my interests in public policy.
The mainstream media is really the key, the gatekeeper. It effectively ensures that truth stays in the dark, and lies and distractions remain in the bright lights of public interest.
People bounce from voting Democrat to voting Republican, as both parties serve the interests of big business and big banking.
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them.
The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball.
This illuminates not only fans' interest in major league teams but also the minors and even Little League.
I'm basically a writer of ideas, and the English aren't interested in ideas. The English, I'm afraid, are totally brainless.
Guitar solos bore the hell out of me. Only a few guitarists interest me, and it's not about the solos they play, it's about the grooves they create.
I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.
My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.
That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.
