Humanity has survived because the strong among us have, in the past, been obliged to help the weak. Without this, we would not survive.

As a human being, I will always feel that where there is oppression, I am with the underdog.

This is what art can do in our time. Unite people, and give them hope.

Most of us want to live in harmony and peace and be good to others. Right now, however, the world is in a very turbulent time, and our leadership has gone crazy.

I don't read the news anymore because I know it would make me depressed. So instead, I make beauty. I make movies.

I feel like my job is to give hope. The world is in a dark place and we are living in somewhat of a nightmare. So I want to make films to give hope.

You need a visualization of the outside obstacle and what can be better than a wall. For the Palestinians it means a division from each other, because the wall didn't separate Palestinians from Israelis, it separated them from themselves. This is the reality, and the wall is a kind of jail to the Palestinians.