I yearn for things, but at the same time I am just peaceful.

You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do.

I don't like changing with the wind; I like sticking to my own self.

It's so bizarre, I'm not scared of snakes or spiders. But I'm scared of butterflies. There is something eerie about them. Something weird!

That sort of detailed filmmaking is one, hard to do and not have it be pretentious, and two, have it tell the story, which is what you're taught, that cinema is the language of images and you really should be able to make a film with no dialogue and tell a story.

It's the desire to study the human condition, the desire for collaboration, to learn and absorb, and to lead a well-examined life.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.