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

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.

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.

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.

No subject is closer to my heart than the family . . . The moral foundation of our country is in danger of crumbling as families break up and parents neglect their responsibilities.

The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.

History only exists, in the final analysis, for God.

I draw creative juices from everywhere. I'm so visually inspired. I would watch old movies a lot to get inspiration for clothes.

We differ [with Frank Moore Cross] simply because of our differing backgrounds.

Force, violence, pressure, or compulsion with a view to conformity, are both uncivilized and undemocratic

My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt.

Every action has its pleasures and its price.

The haters just got to hate so just shake it of.