“I don't think there should be a Palestinian state because I don't believe in states.” Quote by Elia Suleiman
“The problem is that when you grow absolutely certain that all authorities are corrupt, then that would include the Palestinian authorities as well.” WellsProblemCertainGrowsAuthorityPalestinian Author:Elia Suleiman
“I try to use fiction in order to reduce the potentiality of something being true. We produce our own memories so I'm not sure of truth.” TryingUseOrderMemoriesFictionProduceBeing TrueNot Sure Author:Elia Suleiman
“I don't particularly have a good memory. I think history is many times just the text written by the victors. I wanted to counter that aspect.” ThinkingWantedMemoriesWrittenAspectGood Memories Author:Elia Suleiman
“Nixon clearly broke the law in the cover up of Watergate and hush money payments. That was all criminal activity. With these guys, we're not talking about the kind of common crimes that Nixon committed. I can't tell you whether they are technically breaking the law, but basically, the American government has been hijacked by neoconservatives. They are taking an awful lot of national security operations into the White House.” KindHas BeensI CanGovernmentLawGuyHouseWhiteCommonTalkingSecurityCrimeActivityCommittedCriminalsAwfulBrokeOperationsWhite HouseNational SecurityPaymentNot TalkingHushCover UpsAmerican GovernmentWatergateBreaking The Law Author:Seymour Hersh
“The Time that Remains is a way of interpreting a certain ambience or emotion. These are the stories that my father told me over the course of fifteen or twenty years. I used to listen to him. From the cowardly part of my character, I'm always in fear of not telling the right story. I'm not interested in making epics.” WayYearsCharacterStoriesUsedCertainCoursesFatherEmotionTwentiesRemainsNot InterestedFifteenEpicCowardlyInterpretingAmbience Author:Elia Suleiman
“Few knew in 2000 that Bush was going to end up with neoconservatives all over the place. And once 9/11 happened, I think it's fair to say that eight or nine neocons have had an enormous influence. The whole solution to every problem was to go after Iraq. This had been a neoconservative mantra for ten years. There was no secret about it.” ThinkingYearsEndsWholeProblemSecretHappenedInfluenceTenSolutionsFairsIraqEightNineEnormousMantras Author:Seymour Hersh
“I'm just a simple guy swimming in a sea of sharks.” GuySimpleSeaSwimmingSharksSimple Guy Author:Don Johnson
“And then, of course, Bush won reelection, with everything out there, all of our complaints, all of the issues, all of the troubles with Iraq. So where are we? Bush certainly sees himself as having been given an endorsement. He was asked about accountability in an interview, about why Rumsfeld, Rice, and Wolfowitz have been promoted, these people who led us into the debacle in Iraq. Bush said there was accountability - it was the election. So there we are.” PeopleHas BeensSaidCoursesGivenIssuesTroubleElectionIraqInterviewsAccountabilityComplaintsRiceEndorsementsReelectionDebacles Author:Seymour Hersh
“It's important for me to not historicize. I work to diffuse the issue of identity and to intensify identification. You have to lose your authority in the making of a film to achieve this. The film is about me being absolutely dislocated. I focus on the very personal to arrive at the very political.” ImportantFilmPoliticalLosesIssuesFocusAchieveIdentityAuthorityIdentification Author:Elia Suleiman
“Essentially Rumsfeld wins, Cheney wins, and the CIA and State Department lose. Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld have more centralized control over intelligence, analysis, and operations than ever before. And the way they interpret the law, if the President authorizes an intelligence mission to be run covertly by the Pentagon, they don't have to tell anybody, including Congress, about it because the President is the commander in chief.” IfsWayStatesRunningLawWinningPresidentLosesIncludingCongressMissionsChiefsOperationsAnalysisDepartmentCommandersCiaPentagonCommander In Chief Author:Seymour Hersh