I think one thing for sure that you learn the more films that you make is how important it is to choose your collaborators.

We put limitations on the way that we think about things, on ourselves, think about all the boxes we live in, male or female, you're this age, that age, this is your job, this is not your job, everything is about getting boxed in. I think we accept a lot of those boxes, that labeling, and the way that we perceive the world, but what even is perception? It all seems pretty flexible to me.

I feel like developing the muscle of my imagination became a way to survive reality.

I always feel like the editing room is like coming into the kitchen. What kind of a meal do you make from there? It can be anything.

Any man worth his salt loves a feminist. Only men who are afraid of the feminine in themselves are afraid of women.

My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics. I'm not one of those people who can just spout off numbers for things, if numbers are thrown at me.

One of my favorite stories growing up was A Wrinkle in Time. I loved that book. I still remember the image, so strongly, of all the kids coming out of their house at the same time, they're all bouncing a ball at the same time, and they all go back in at the same time. A Wrinkle in Time moved me deeply.