"I think that three-act fundamentalism in film culture is a problem sometimes, because it's almost too obvious, or it's too expected. And it's not the only way to fill two hours, or to phrase things, or to order thoughts, or order ideas."

"It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters."

"It's been such a deep and amazing journey for me, getting close to John Keats, and also I love Shelley and Byron. I mean, the thing about the Romantic poets is that they've got the epitaph of romantic posthumously. They all died really young, and Keats, the youngest of them all."

"To deny women directors, as I suspect is happening in the States, is to deny the feminine vision."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that the greatest battles are fought within."

"It is a profound truth that true authority is measured not by subjugation, but by the empowerment of others — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"They might not need me but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity."

"To love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."