I try not to think of myself as a woman filmmaker. I don't look for women influences. I have noticed in the past few years that there is a certain ceiling that a woman filmmaker can reach. I don't believe that it's sexism per se, but there are certain expectations in the industry about what films should be, how they should be made, what stories they should tell, and it's a habit, it's a tradition.

There can be no formula in arts. Formulas are for factory mass productions. There are no discoveries in already discovered formulas.

I always knew that I wanted to be a writer. I think I was six or seven when I learned how to read, and I still remember it.

By using formula in filmmaking we are admitting that film is not art.

The ability to understand and deliver comedy and tragedy is extremely rare in one composer.

I have decided that I want animation to be taken seriously; that is the goal of my life. I believe that animation is a very important medium to tell stories, not just for kids but for adults.

I guess I'm interested in the behind-the-surface feelings of the human condition, in my own way. I was always struck by the gap - at least in the books I was reading - between what people tell stories about and what I actually feel. I started thinking about a gap between fantasy and reality.