Documentary has been a way for me to establish myself as a filmmaker. It's my way of proving that I have a language, that I can say something through film.

When I see that people are touched, and they feel solidarity with him, I say to myself, "I made a little change."

If my friends are going to the mountains with guns to fight, I will continue that fight, not with guns but with a camera.

Your prayers for others and the universe make a difference!

Man plan his course but the Maker define his path.

If we stop helping people because we’re afraid, or ambivalent or whatever, then we lose. Let them do evil. I’ll stop them.

Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it.

I think at the beginning of one's writing life, negative reviews are what one does to get attention and stake out your territory. It's also often a mistake.

Poetry must be as well written as prose.

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.

People don't come to Asheville very often, and they don't know I'm there. I enjoy it. I like it.

Mathematics is the purest of the arts, as well as the most misunderstood.

Dig your well before you're thirsty.