I was very ambitious at a young age. When I was six, I would tell everybody that I wanted to be an authoress.

There's absolutely no point in beating yourself up. Focus on going forward.

I really dislike it when women reject feminism; that's ridiculous. I am a product of feminism. Without feminism I would not be making films.

I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and see that.

I make unpopular versions of popular things. I make a horror film and it's not a horror film. None of my genre movies function as genre movies.

Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places, the hidden histories.

Mostly I'm just not American. I spent four years of my childhood here, but I think if you're Canadian you have a very different perspective. You don't think you're at the center of things.

One thing I'm not is a moralistic filmmaker. I'm not trying to tell people what to do, and I'm not trying to lead.

Movies are a commitment. They take years of your life and they have big consequences. That's one of the bad things about movies - you're stuck with the aftermath.

I'm not trying to make the world a better place.

Some actors can draw from their own darkness.

Love The Way Love, Loves You

Anyone who craves an afterlife has not lived their life to the fullest.

We think in generalities, but we live in detail.

Hillary Clinton at the end of the day will be a friend of Wall Street.

The metaphor is the story, not the character.

But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.

Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.

I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition.

To speak a true word is to transform the world.

Libraries and museums are the DNA of our culture.