I would give female filmmakers the same advice I’d give any filmmaker; believe in your vision, believe in your team, believe in yourself.

I see myself as a storyteller, I don't mind if the story is fact or fiction, if it's a good story I'd like to tell it.

I really want the audience to be on the edge of their seats.

You can never be too prepared. I don't believe creativity needs to come from chaos, I find it's easier to be creative when I'm really "ready".

The thing I learned was the lack of coordination in research projects in the world and therefore you will have gaps in what we could possibly learn from these research projects.

I think I've always approached making albums pretty much the same way. I'm just looking for a mixture of songs and topics that aren't the same thing over and over.

Do not make mistakes about character. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods.

That is different, to have someone think that I am evil when I really am not.

Beyoncé can handle any record you put in front of her. Any record that pushes her in that direction, it would have been good to be on the project.

If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual practitioner

In being with dying, we arrive at a natural crucible of what it means to love and be loved. And we can ask ourselves this: Knowing that death is inevitable, what is most precious today?

the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look.

Airplanes have dulled and desensitized us; we are encumbered, like lovers in a suit of armor.

One of the things I love about New York is that it's one of the only places where you could have an entire restaurant dedicated to macaroni and cheese.

I am far more comfortable with failure than I ever will be with success.