"Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, there's no escape, there's no excuse, so just suck up and be nice."

"A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous 'girl power' sort of fad, which I think is pretty benign at best, but at worst, I think it's a way of taking the politics out of feminism and making it some kind of fashion."

"A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous 'girl power' sort of fad, which I think is pretty benign at best, but at worst, I think it's a way of taking the politics out of feminism and making it some kind of fashion."

"Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero."

"Art is the soul's attempt to give enduring form to the formless. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A courageous heart knows that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"Beauty in art is the harmony of spirit, intellect, and craft. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem."