I think there's a misconception of my wanting to do dark stuff.

Any creative process is about being in a territory which isn't secure, isn't necessarily familiar, and isn't convenient in any sort of way. And that's the excitement of it.

I think it is kind of depressing how few female filmmakers there are. I think it is in general depressing how few women there are in ... important positions in society

There are good and bad movies, and long ones, and pretentious ones, and fun ones, and it's kind of healthy not just being able to switch off after ten minutes, but have patience.

I don't feel that I'm strictly Danish I don't feel that my sense of humor is strictly Danish or my human sensibility is strictly Danish.

Parents can shape a child, but a great teacher can, too.

I hate when the sun is high and there are no shadows. If I could do super high-budget movies, I would only shoot when the sun starts to get low - but you can't just shoot for four hours every day.

Having done a Dogme film taught me the beauty of simplicity and austerity.

Stasis in darkness.Then the substanceless blue

Life is not so idiotically mathematical that only the big eat the small; it is just as common for a bee to kill a lion or at least to drive it mad.

If I wrote you a love letter, would you write back?

With this kind of camera-phone madness we have got, moments are diluted into self-contained edited experiences.

When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray?

Despite what people think, I was such a rule follower at school. I loved the whole slacker look, like, 'Hey, I don't care, whatever,' but if I didn't turn my homework in, I would panic.

i suppose doing things you hate is the price you pay to avoid loneliness.

I think that at the core of faith is trust.

You belong wherever you want to belong.

Arrogance is one of the flaws in the Erudite heart -- I know. It is often in mine.