I have always thought that if you can give viewers the sense of being there a story can be very compelling.

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.

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.

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

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.

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people.

Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do.

An eyewitness account is evidence that an artist has proposed a work of art. But documentary evidence (i.e. a photograph) is more conclusive.

Sublime wonders lie in store,I am shown a regal residence;a mighty kingdom, an empirewith more grandeur than before.

Everybody wants to get along with everyone else in the sandbox. I'm that kind of kid, you know what I mean? That will never change about me.

You don't even need to go to college no more because you could learn how to do everything on YouTube.

I love to invent - avoiding the truth. I need to dramatize.

Change the way you think, and you are halfway to changing the world.

Life's bare as a bone.

Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life.