However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years

And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time

However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.

The camera lies all the time; lies 24 times/second.

I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue

I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence.

It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow

So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point

The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting

I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.

Spirit is like the wind, in that we can't see it but can see its effects, which are profound.

How could it be? For weeks he'd run himself ragged, his only goal to keep her safe until the moment when he could no longer offer her protection. Now that moment had come and gone- and so did Luce

It's hard being quiet when one's imagination is so loud

The space involving insanity and genius is calculated only by good results.

I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.

The word 'archive' seems so reassuring, but I have a lot ofconcern over the longevity of documentary materials.

There are certain defects which, well-mounted, glitter like virtue itself.

You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.

We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people.. and we should look at the environment as an economic opportunity.

I never had a rejection slip in my life.