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.

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.

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.

Your calling is in what you read, think and talk about

Landscape painting is the obvious resource of misanthropy.

You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.

In college, I was an editor on the student daily... To the extent that I noticed the existence of crew at all, I saw only what appeared to be big-boned acolytes who rose at dawn.

I love France. France is a nice place.

Holding someone's hand was always my idea of joy.

Of all the pairs the Throne endorsed None rose to burn as bright As Lucifer, the Morning Star, And Lucinda, his Evening Light

The script is the foundation, but it's not the full story for the film, which only comes alive with the actors.

I had much more money than you ever need in your life to live on. So I was giving computer labs to school districts. I was - but then I decided you should really give yourself.