I've discovered I can't make a film about people I dislike.

It's incredible to see the creativity, beauty and hardships people capture when filmmaking is opened up and shared with the world.

I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.

I'm interested in characters that are complex people.

In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.

It's important in any project to remain focused.

I have actually been very fortunate to be able to make films on my own credit card without having huge funders behind me dictating how the story should be told.

When I hear the words 'activist filmmaking,' I think of somebody who's an activist, who wants to prove a particular point.

You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity.

Al Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it.

Al Jazeera is one entity that everyone across the Arab world watches. Arabs are proud of that.

I was out on a lonely road that stretched forever into the darkness. I wanted to run, to get away from him, but it was so dark, I was afraid of where I was going.

Be grateful for the life of those who mass up challenges on the paths to your fulfillment. At least they taught you self-defense!

We try to magnify the difference between Americans and the English. In real life they like the same music and dress the same. It's really much more similar than anyone thinks or how we show it.

To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with.

It doesn't matter where Messi plays, if it's cold or hot, he always proves that he's the best.

I know very well that I have no reason to feel aggrieved - I am fully aware of how lucky I am, but knowing it and still being down makes me hate myself all the more.

And there's a feeling you get from making music that is unlike anything else in the world.

I remember my Republican Party as fiscally conservative, as caring about the environment.

Understanding is a form of blindness. Good art, I think, can never be understood.

I talk alot about death so I should do it soon... Maybe under the cold breeze of a bluish moon