I don’t pick subjects because I know about them. I pick subjects because I want to know about them…Everything comes with a blizzard of new things you learn.
—Ken Burns
Everybody screws up, including me…It’s a question of process. We’re all going to try something. We can have disagreements that can be passionate, but they’re not loud and vociferous; they’re not personal and angry. There’s a generous spirit of collaboration.
—Ken Burns
It’s often said that the digital revolution that puts a TV camera in everyone’s hands makes everyone a filmmaker. It’s [nonsense]. What makes someone a filmmaker is somebody who knows how to tell a story and telling a story.
—Ken Burns
A lot of people are drawn to film for its apparent glamour and don’t realize it’s really hard work.
—Ken Burns
Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.
—Ken Burns
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