There are a lot of female directors in Lebanon but we can't really talk about a true film industry, it's still very small. But we do have a few female directors.

I was watching TV and saw people with masks, weapons, and grenades. I thought, Is that really possible? Could we be here yet again? And go into civil war one more time?

A small film from a small country, in Arabic with nonprofessionals: It was practically impossible. Just to make it was like a dream to me.

I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.

I'm just someone who observes a lot.

I don't like to be feared, and I can't work in conflict, I'm very bad with conflict. I try to avoid it, it paralyzes me.

I like to have the impression that whatever is happening is true.

When people say to me, 'You make us proud,' it's heartwarming to hear that.

Beirut turned into a war zone in a matter of hours. We were stuck at home, the roads were blocked.

You need anything we're only an hour away, give or take, honey. You call. We'll help you hide the body.

Life would be a darned sight simpler if feelings were as easy to patch up as a piece of sailcloth.

The dead are practical.

For the mountains shall depart

Live today for what is going to matter 10 billion years from today.

The golden rule in the arts, as far as I am concerned, is that all rules are meant to be broken.

Never had any idols, ever. I never had any posters, nothing.

When the prophet, a complacent fat man, Arrived at the mountain-top He cried: "Woe to my knowledge! I intended to see good white lands And bad black lands— But the scene is grey.

Death may whiten in sun or out of it.

God will provide the food, but he will not cook the dinner.