Ethics Quote by Rithy Panh

I think the greatest thing about making a documentary is your ability to just follow the story and the subject.

— Leslie Cockburn

I like the idea of the documentary as a portrait. There's not a chronological beginning, middle, and end structure. You build something in the…

— Spike Jonze

Film is not a form, it has forms

— Ritwik Ghatak

In some ways, the documentary form is a kind of trap and so is societal norms.

— Robert Greene

You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and that leads…

— William Shatner

Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.

— Bill Watterson

When you make feature films, you have a script, which is a bible. The final result should be as it was written down on…

— Danis Tanovic

Of course, when you're making a documentary, you don't have actors, but nonetheless, there is a writing process that does take place in the…

— Rithy Panh

The picture is not a documentary, ... It's a drama that has to be crafted. Reality is not art. You have to make choices…

— Mark Rydell

In some ways, making documentaries is like being a journalist. You interview people and then use the bits you want to use as opposed…

— Kevin Macdonald

You can construct whatever story you want to. Documentaries are constructions, as is all journalism.

— Tim Hetherington

Documentary has been a way for me to establish myself as a filmmaker. It's my way of proving that I have a language, that…

— Mano Khalil