On Documentary

"There is no democracy in art; the fact that anybody with a camera can become a filmmaker is true to one extent, but few will produce anything worthwhile. Documentary has no career path; everybody has to forge his or her own unique way. You have to be true to yourself, you've got to know that you have something to say, and you can be true to that voice which flickers at times and burns brighter at others. As Thomas Edison said of genius, "1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration."
Ken Burns