On a personal level, I'm proud of Grace Dunham for being so staunchly in her identity. It's a very unusual thing for a young person. I think she's been very strong about it.

I would be a horrible girlfriend at this point in my life, because I’m both needy and unavailable.

One of the reasons I'm so proud of my mother is she took her skills of over a 40 years photographic career and translated that to a film.

I love what I do, I love every minute of it.

If you watch my movie, you understand I am perverse and weird and angry and not looking to direct a film that ends with a bunch of teenagers exploding into glitter.

There is a sort of backlash of people who feel like you're not representing them accurately, and you want to say as elegantly as you can, "I wasn't trying to represent you I, was just doing what I could do to make being alive easier for me." And if it helped anyone or made them feel comforted in the process then it's the greatest thing you can ask for.

There are so many reactions to art that make sense to me - but 'ick' means something.