I want to be in places I've never been before.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.

I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.

I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself. And I'm very proud to say that.

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.

I'm always happy to play the bad girl. I just get to have fun, and it's obviously all done with a smile.

You may look normal like everyone else, but you're not. Not on the inside.

Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart.

It’s not right that some people have so much and others have so little.

...when the petals fallSay it is beautiful and good, say it is well

It is the curse to search you in every person I meet, the curse with no cure

There was an old lady who lived in a shoe. She had so many kids... her uterus fell out!

The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labour in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour.

Activating oxygen can produce compounds called radicals that put oxidative stress on cells. Such stress could ultimately lead to cancer and other diseases.

When ideas lead to ideology, that's a very dangerous thing. Ideology then leads to creating the image of an enemy, and it leads to the murder and massacre.

I've always laughed at the term "female director" or even "black director." A director's a director.