I am defined by my will to survive, not by intelligence or cunning or money or good looks. The Creator didn't see her way clear to give me those things, instead she gave me a strong will.

Art should reveal the unknown, to those who lack the experience of seeing it.

Culture is not race and race is not culture.

Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.-Leonard Cohen

We are one species out of a billion

Welcome to thee, O sword of eternity!Through BuddhaAnd through Daruma alikeThou hast cleft thy way.

It is easy to let go of the string and think: This isn't me, it's the arrow. My hands do not bear the blood of this boy, it's the arrow that killed him, not me. But the arrow does not dream at night.

Fear and self-doubt are the greatest killers of personal genius.

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Editing is a natural extension of the collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.

The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.

I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.

I was more conservative when I was younger. But I don't think that I've moved left - I think the country has moved right.