They say that depression is anger you turn on yourself, and I think women do that.

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.

I don’t want to be my limitations. I don’t want to be my pain. I don’t want to be my embarrassment.

The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage.

Approachable people are “straight-up.” It is comforting to know exactly what to expect when you see them. What you see is what you get!

Ay me! for aught that I ever could read Could ever hear by tale or history The course of true love never did run smooth.

I think I was born because my parents had two boys and wanted to give it one more go and try for a girl... they got me instead.

It is certainly impossible to imagine forgiving the enemy while their animus remains undefeated.

My books always make the best-seller lists in Wolf Hole, Arizona, and Hanksville, Utah.

We . . . have to open our mouths and bear testimony.

I gave up trying to please others and started playing for myself, and because I love music, things naturally happened then. Funny how that works.

There are moments when the heart is generous, and then it knows that for better or worse our lives are woven together here, one with one another and with the place and all the living things.