When you make a documentary film, after many years the only thing you remember is what you put into the film, not what you took out.

I'm both an artist / filmmaker and a human rights defender.

Like a human rights lawyer who uses the law to rectify wrongs, I use filmic storytelling for the same effect.

I believe that those who believe in the power of human rights must find new ways to address economic injustice - and on a scale commensurate with the millions of people around the world that are mired in poverty.

Celebrate your victories and mark your defeats. Ultimately documentary filmmaking is not a job, it's a calling.

Everyone has access to a pen and paper, but to be a great writer is difficult.

The digital revolution has had a democratizing effect. Now anyone can be a filmmaker, but to be a good filmmaker is as hard as it ever was.