Bettie Page was the first person to do bondage as fashion, because for her it really was all about dressing up.

There's absolutely no point in beating yourself up. Focus on going forward.

I really dislike it when women reject feminism; that's ridiculous. I am a product of feminism. Without feminism I would not be making films.

I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and see that.

I make unpopular versions of popular things. I make a horror film and it's not a horror film. None of my genre movies function as genre movies.

Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places, the hidden histories.

Mostly I'm just not American. I spent four years of my childhood here, but I think if you're Canadian you have a very different perspective. You don't think you're at the center of things.

One thing I'm not is a moralistic filmmaker. I'm not trying to tell people what to do, and I'm not trying to lead.

Movies are a commitment. They take years of your life and they have big consequences. That's one of the bad things about movies - you're stuck with the aftermath.

I'm not trying to make the world a better place.

Some actors can draw from their own darkness.

Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education.

As government expands, liberty contracts.

An absolute law without hope of appeal that's despotism!

Classifying the stars has helped materially in all studies of the structure of the universe.

I never design a building before I've seen the site and met the people who will be using it.

Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.

Democracy is not an instant coffee.

I saw 'The 39 Clues' as a potential vehicle for doing some education in a fun way - to take some of these amazing stories from history, dust them off and make them alive.

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

By the time an actor knows how to act any sort of part he is often too old to act any but a few.