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

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.

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 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.

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

Those who attempt to search into the majesty of God will be overwhelmed with His Glory!

If loneliness is the disease, the story is the cure.

Above all, faith is grounded in one's body, in one's humanity, and in one's animal nature. It is an biological phenomenon and not a psychic creation

A rule without exceptions is an instrument capable of doing mischief to the innocent and bringing grief - as well as injustice - to those who should gain exemptions from the rule's functioning.

True art is the intermediary between man's ordinary nature and his higher potentialities.

No particular race is the enemy. Ignorance is the enemy.

You can't get rid of evil. We can't, and I feel that so intensely.

Some people 'go' through life; and other people 'grow' through life. Which one are you?

The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne.

Only one novel is a novel: that is a successful novel.