If I fail, at least I will have failed my way.

Going back and forth between the press and something like The Crucible must be really crazy and intense.

It's hard to get personal films off the ground, and it's hard developing them.

Ninety-five percent of women's experiences are about being a victim. Or about being an underdog, or having to survive... women didn't go to Vietnam and blow things up. They are not Rambo.

I saw leaving college as an opportunity to do something different with my life. I always thought that becoming an academic was going to be my path.

Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.