Don't get consumed by the false idea that being a woman is a disadvantage.

Some people look at the surface, while some see what's deep down. The most important thing is that the film should somehow stay with them until the very end.

When you direct a film, everything should be about the story and nothing else.

In our society, as women filmmakers, we are expected to make films that empower women and that raise awareness about women's issues. That is a huge misconception.

Directors should not be forced to advocate anything in their works because of their demographic identity.

She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy.

Couples tended to be of roughly equivalent personal attractiveness, though of course factors such as money often seemed to secure a partner of significantly better looks than oneself.

We all tell our stories the way we want to. And sometimes those stories have nothing to do with reality.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs jolted by every pebble in the road.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obama's new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region.

Hard to call it a party without sardines.

we are all given the ingredients of happiness, but the mixing is left to ourselves.

Evolution crawls to imperfection. It ends in extinction.

And take back ill-polished stanzas to the anvil.