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

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.

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.

I'm a storyteller who uses all of the beauty and power of cinema to tell tales of human struggles for positive social change.

If you make a great film full of emotion, of pathos, people want to continue to know more, to work harder.

I'm an eclectic and avid filmgoer. I try to see everything from romantic comedies to blockbusters to art house films, world cinema and documentaries.