I like the idea of a trilogy. It's cool. I like the word. When you do four, the word isn't cool - not as cool.

I think all movies are political. The ones that are not political intentionally are the worst, and have the worst politics, I think.

People keep telling me, "You don't like boys!" And I'm saying, "Wow, no, it's just that you're not used to them being objectified in movies, but women are so often objectified in movies and we don't care."

I want to try different genres. I think I'll still be looking at a strong female character in the center, and identity struggle and transformation.

I was a lot younger - when I wrote Water Lilies. I was like 26. It felt so natural to write about adolescence.

I intentionally leave adults out in my stories, not to say that they're not in charge or that they don't care, or that they're failing at what they do. Not at all. It's two things: It's a way to be true to what adolescence feels like, because, okay, your parents may be around, but you still don't want them to be around. What you go through, you go through alone, I think.

I like to work around identification for the audience, and when there's a grown-up or a moral figure or something like that, people tend to go there.