It doesn't matter what I think I am, it matters what I do.

I like when people get really close to the paintings, when they can't really get away from them, I like them to operate in that way on the viewer.

It's nice to see your name in print. It's interesting.

I think it's your own ghost, seeing the work and just thinking if it will be okay to leave that around.

Many people say to me, "I saw [Miral] and it really stayed with me. I woke up the next day and really thought about it, and have been thinking about it for awhile." That was my goal.

The movie [Miral] is not pro-Palestinian. It's about Palestinians. It's a Palestinian story, written by a Palestinian person. I don't know anybody else that could have done that

I think people have problems sometimes when things are too general. In fact, they are not really general at all.