You can't go down anybody else's [road]. It's your dream; it's your life. You don't have to be told by other people what to make of yourself. You decide.

I really get fired up with female protagonists. I can really feel the difference in myself when I am writing a script that has a woman at the center.

I am a feminist, and I didn't think women would accept a throwback heroine.

The measure of your character and mental toughness is the space between what you are doing and what you could be doing

Great designers seldom make great advertising men, because they get overcome by the beauty of the picture - and forget that merchandise must be sold.

Love is a consistent passion to give, not a meek persistent hope to receive. The only demand of life is the privilege to love all.

Nations, great nations have limitations. All nations have limitations. Even great powers have limitations.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

Money! They go together. Franchise; money. Money; franchise.

Like many parents after a long family holiday, I usually welcome the moment when my kids head back to school.

I want to thank my mother and my father for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true.

The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and human.

It's not can you, it's will you