I just feel like the world is our oyster. I grew up knowing that my mother is a journalist and was one of the first bureau chiefs I think ever at the New York Times. Hearing these stories of how hard it was for her, and yet knowing how easy it is for me right now is just remarkable.

One is that I'm really interested in movies about sex and lust, because I think those are primal, carnal instincts that translate well to a visual medium. Two, these things that I write, or want to make, are an expression of - I don't want to say darker instincts, but let's say darker instincts. But that's why I'm a writer.

I think it's hard for everyone to find their way as an adult and to match up their expectations from their youth to what their adult life looks like.

I think that there is just a deep and abiding sexism that's part of your life from the moment that you're conscious as a female.

A male director doesn't come to situations the same way that a female director would.

I just feel like the world is our oyster. I grew up knowing that my mother is a journalist and was one of the first bureau chiefs I think ever at the New York Times. Hearing these stories of how hard it was for her, and yet knowing how easy it is for me right now is just remarkable.

In documentary, which is the only thing I'm really very familiar with, women are very easily relegated into a producer role.