Only when you are relaxed can you see what's going on.

I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population and gave birth to the whole world. Without them the rest [of the world] are not getting to know the whole story.

There are some things that are real, that you can see, that you can observe, like the moon, and grass and things. But for ideas to become real, they have to be played on your senses.

For me, being a director is about watching, not about telling people what to do. Or maybe it's like being a mirror; if they didn't have me to look at, they wouldn't be able to put the make-up on.

I think if it's interesting, it's interesting, and if it's not, it's not working.

I'm someone who loves to play. I make films so I can have fun with the characters.

It's harder being a woman director because on the whole women don't have husbands or boyfriends who are willing to be wives

Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose.

The studio system is kind of an old boys system and it's difficult for them to trust women to be capable

Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.

To deny women directors, as I suspect is happening in the States, is to deny the feminine vision.

While art thrives on the blazing colours of scandal, literature blossoms on the dark soil of tragedy.

If you see adversity arriving at your game field, time to put on your pads and let see how well you can tackle adversity.

It paid to be cultured, just as long as you didn't start growing bacteria.

Father says hot water can be as stimulating as an alcoholic drink and though I never come by one...I can well believe it.

Basically I'm a drag queen myself.

I cook every chance in my pot. And only when it is cooked through do I welcome it as my food.

What reason, like the careful ant, draws laboriously together, the wind of accident sometimes collects in a moment.

In the name of religion many great and fine deeds have been performed. In the name of religion also, thousands and millions have been killed, and every possible crime has been committed.

The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.

O heart! O heart! if she'd but turn her head You'd know the folly of being comforted.