I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.

You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity.

In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.

Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights are never given to you. They have to be fought for and they have to be taken.

See, that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly - to build an economy that lifts every family, to make sure health care is available for every American - and to make sure that every child in this nation has a world-class education all the way from preschool to college.

I am as sensitive as my brothers and other members of my family.

My parents - my mother, particularly - were very focused on our succeeding. I loved my parents, and was very grateful to them for everything, and I didn't want to disappoint them.

Travel, for me, is a little bit like being in love because suddenly, all your senses are at the setting marked 'on.' Suddenly, you're alert to the secret patterns of the world.