I want people to think about what and who they have in their lives and then run home to hug them and tell them how much they love them.

I would rather be hired solely for my talent, not just to fill a quota.

My advice for other female directors: don't think of your gender as a handicap. Don't think about it at all. Just tell the best story you can, and don't stop until you do.

Don’t get hung up on the female thing. The art is not about that.

I joke around sometimes and say that the DP [director of photography] is like a shrink for the director, but there's some truth in there.

It's really the best time to be a woman. And instead it can be an advantage. Think about what you can bring to the table that what you have to offer that makes you unique.

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire.

You can't expect everything to happen all at once when it's been such a male-dominated world for so long.

Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-huntingFor fear of little men.

I live in the first drop of ink that touches every blank page.

My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.

The world is not in any sense in danger from itself. The world is in fact not in any danger at all. It is we who are in danger.

Katsa sat in the darkness of the Sunderan forest and understood three truths. She loved Po. She wanted Po. And she could never be anyone's but her own.

Not playing on Sunday has caused problems for other organizations or teams who wanted us to do so, but we never had to think twice about such a decision.

Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.

I realize that if I were in that situation - living a hard life with people telling them they're not worthy of love - maybe I would be that strong and that brave.

I guess I'm not really fond of just chit-chatting. I want to learn something and have an experience.

A symptom of the revolution: When we state something is impossible in theory, but then change our minds when we discover that it is possible in practice.