Movies without meaningful dialogue play well all over the world. The Apostle is probably the best movie of the year, but it won't do squat in Korea.

All my life I've felt like somebody's wife, or somebody's mother or somebody's daughter. Even all the time we were together, I never knew who I was. And that's why I had to go away. And in California, I think I found myself.

I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration through movies.

Having one perfect thing was less important than having a range of ideas, realizing they were all taking you in a certain direction.

My education was an education by movies.

Movies without meaningful dialogue play well all over the world. The Apostle is probably the best movie of the year, but it won't do squat in Korea.

Sometimes other people have better ideas.