Debra Granik : (7) " I’m always searching to learn more about our large and diverse country. " - Debra Granik " The challenge for me is to make sure I’ve done my work. To make sure not every scene is quiet, that other scenes rise up, that there’s different tension. " - Debra Granik " There’s a lot of journalism about poverty, but sometimes it just helps to see that there’s a real person who becomes a real mom, who is working with unsustainable wages that could eventually destroy her. " - Debra Granik " There are documentaries that will just save your life and be the conduit to the art form you started out loving. " - Debra Granik " My first narrative films developed out of a documentary process – finding someone who was willing to be filmed, watching, listening, taking copious notes and many hours of video footage. " - Debra Granik " Some people have these small, positive schemes for survival, a kind of strength that I am attracted to, maybe because I’m prone to the blues. " - Debra Granik " I’m someone who’s always looking for hope – if there’s a ray of hope, a shrapnel, shred, a flake of hope – because I take the misfortune or hard times of others very seriously. " - Debra Granik