If you love your craft there will be passion. Most of my films are with people who are really passionate about what they are doing and know how to do something well.

Crowdsourcing is an invaluable resource for filmmakers, but be prepared for an enormous amount of work.

Even after forty years of directing, shooting and editing films, when I collaborate with a male partner, people still perceive the man as the primary filmmaker.

I have always thought that if you can give viewers the sense of being there a story can be very compelling.

Since I shoot, record audio and edit, I was able to begin the filming without hiring a crew and create a sample to show broadcasters and grant organizations.

It's always been difficult for me to find funding for a story that I want to follow in real time. Financiers are hesitant to support a project when they don't know the outcome.

Learning how to do some of the technical work on the film can be helpful too and allows you to start the film on your own. However, if you are passionate about an idea, just begin.

I am particularly pleased to see that there are so many women working in documentary film.

I have always felt that documentaries are an opportunity for me to witness a world that I know nothing about.

My favorite film is "Meshes in the Afternoon," a short avant garde film directed by Maya Deren. This was the first film that I saw that was actually directed by a woman.

It is beautiful to discover our wings and learn how to fly

A person’s true nature, true self, cannot change with situations.

You can't love God without loving the Jewish people.

Believing prayer will lead to whole-hearted action.

Friends are the support bras of life.

A semi-starved nation can have neither religion nor art nor organization.

One great effect of prayer is that it enables the soul to command the body. By obedience I make my body submissive to my soul, but prayer puts my soul in command of my body.

I play well with everybody.

When you're not afraid to fail, you'll most certainly have the confidence to succeed.

The opera always loses money. That's as it should be. Opera has no business making money.