I think our eyes are trained to look for what we want to see.

In film, you have to present everything on the screen so it's the opposite of what I usually do with storytelling. It forced me to think about how people walk, where they sit at that moment. With Princess of Nebraska, it was just fun to watch because the movie was so far from the story. It was very much a different story.

To write about a struggle amidst the struggling: one must hope that the muddling will end someday.

She wonders if this is what people call falling in love, the desire to be with someone for every minute of the rest of her life so strong that sometimes she is frightened of herself.

A real dreamer must have a mutual trust with time.

What a long way it is from one life to another: yet why write if not for that distance; if things can be let go, every before replaced by an after.

Regarding heroism, I grew up in a culture where you learn about heroes and heroines all the time. In a way, when you call someone a hero or heroine, it's the same as calling them a villain.