I know that there are a lot of great women that have gone before me, so it's important to acknowledge them.

All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.

I'm not to say that my male counterparts do, but certainly, it feels very special to me because I know that so few women have had the opportunity to do what I'm doing, so I'm thrilled by it every day.

I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.

Those [old] days are gone... accept the reality and do it.

I know that there are a lot of great women that have gone before me, so it's important to acknowledge them.

We're a new world and it's not pretty. It's going to be for the brave to figure out how to survive in this.