"My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries."

"My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them."

"I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels."

"It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body."

"We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love."

"There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them."

"One of the things that I love about voiceover is that it's a situation where - because you're not encumbered by being seen - it's liberating. You're able to make broad choices that you would never make if you were on camera."

"A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don't ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren't blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart."