Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.
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Whenever I write, I try and approach my stories from some kind of universal theme or idea or emotion.
A story is how we construct our experiences.
When I approach a story or movie, the story is the most important thing.
Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see where they are going to lead.
Stories, as we're taught in journalism school early on, are told through people. Those stories make our documentaries powerful. You can explore someone's culture, you can explore their experience, you can explore an issue through human beings who are going through it.
For me, the way to approach a subject such as Vietnam is through storytelling.
The stories we are told shape the way we see the world, which shapes the way we experience the world.
If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds.
Anyway, stories bring us together to find common ground, to find our way through life together, or just to entertain us, and I am just thrilled to be a part of that process.
Every story I do is about people. It's my survival instinct - one person, one story.
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