Some people look at the surface, while some see what's deep down. The most important thing is that the film should somehow stay with them until the very end.

Don't get consumed by the false idea that being a woman is a disadvantage.

When you direct a film, everything should be about the story and nothing else.

In our society, as women filmmakers, we are expected to make films that empower women and that raise awareness about women's issues. That is a huge misconception.

Directors should not be forced to advocate anything in their works because of their demographic identity.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Men ought to read the Bible and hear God speak.

One of the saddest things I hear as I travel is "I don't know enough to be a feminist." Or even "I'm not smart enough to be a feminist." It breaks my heart.

If I say you're a goatherd's son, you say, 'Yes, Lord Ralon.'"Alanna gasped with fury. "I'd as soon kiss a pig! Is that what you've been doing-kissing pigs? Or being kissed?

I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.

God and God alone deserves all the credit for the good that takes place in our lives.

Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat.

The danger in happiness - "Now everything is turning out right for me; from now on i'll love every turn of fate - Who wants to be my fate?

There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.

The void Papa's death left in me became a kind of cavity, into which later experiences were to be laid.