When I was at graduate school in London, I began working at NBC News, which had a thriving documentary unit. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes begin documentary graduate
After reading Graham Greene and Joseph Conrad when I was a student at Yale, I wanted to live in the world they captured in their books. I had had some experience living in Africa. I was drawn to that kind of adventure. Leslie Cockburn adventureafricabook share on social
In documentary films, the most difficult thing to achieve is to make something complex appear simple. Leslie Cockburn achievecomplexdifficult Change image and share on social
It's a very enclosed world on Wall Street. Leslie Cockburn enclosestreetwall Change image and share on social
I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, 'Maybe I'll go back for my writing.' Susan Minot backbackgroundcentury share on social
It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with. Mary Shelley beginconcentratemind Change image and share on social
Every time I see documentaries or infomercials about little kids with cancer, I just freak out. It affects me on the highest emotional level... Anytime I think about it, it makes me sadder than anything I can think of. Kurt Cobain affectanytimecancer share on social