Kids' lives are just as important and difficult as grown ups'.

Making a documentary, there are thousands of choices, all the time: the angles and the pace and the choice of characters, the choice of music.

I like to work with children because their way of reacting to the world is simple, and they are innocent.

In many cases, the authorities can't really prove if the person is in danger or not, because they can't send a person to Afghanistan to investigate each and every case.

It is by the goodness of god that in our country we have those 3 unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

Believe in yourself even when others doubt your capabilities.

Watch for subjects as you go but the city or the country. Keep your eyes and ears open, and you will hear and see angels.

Sometimes I wonder if we're all a little like Harold (a rooster). Real life carries on around us while we strut around in our own yards, thinking we're the ones in charge of things.

We live in a world where there are dangerous people, there are bad people.

One good man, one good man, it ain't much - it's only everything.

Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.

We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit.

A heavier task could not have been impos'd, Than I to speak my griefs unspeakable.

If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.