Quotes from Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

My family restores my sense of ease and keeps me balanced.

Don't give up your dreams.

Working in any country where you want to talk about the kind of issues that other people don't want to talk about is difficult.

My topics are timely. When an event is happening is when I want to be there... I think it is our duty to challenge the status quo.

My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.

All the women in Pakistan working for change, don't give up on your dreams, this is for you.

Thousands of civilians have lost their lives to terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, and thousands more will - because, unlike the Pakistani government, which has no coherent policy to deal with the radicals, the Taliban have one to deal with Pakistan and its citizens.

It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - if you put quality work out there, it will be appreciated.

Fighting the Taliban and the various radical organizations on the front lines is like adding a Band-Aid to a cut, it may stop the bleeding but unless you clean it with antiseptic, the germs stay and multiply.

An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.

Education liberates a woman.