You must understand, that for a daughter to protect her father's image is natural; Freud built a whole career around it.

My grandfather had been a well-known judge in Berlin.

We lived in the provincial town of Ramat Gan where I spent most of my youth adjacent to the chess board.

My grandmothers apartment had significance for me, even as a child, and I was fascinated by that world that was disappearing.

I take care to only teach courses about fiction film. I believe that this balances and broadens my documentary work.

I view every film as a commitment to undertake a long journey.

I try to pace myself and not work for the sake of working and stick to what inspired me prior to receiving recognition.

The work of art acts like another living person with whom we are conversing.

Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful.

Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive.

There's a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live.

If you act impetuously, it will be uncertain, and you'll know it. It just won't feel right. It is better to wait.

We are franker towards others than towards ourselves.

Mankind is not disposed to look narrowly into the conduct of great victors when their victory is on the right side.

Coincidence is just a safe conformist for fate.

I am not called to be successful, I am called to be faithful.