"When you bluff, someone may call you on it."

“A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or indirectly, by his characters, into presenting publicly his innermost feelings.”

“And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.”

“I think the special stuff [music] still finds a way to be heard, as long as you pair it with a good release strategy.”

“All she heard next of the strange conversation behind the sofa was Mrs. Pendragon saying something about sending Twinkle (or was his name Howl?) to bed without supper and Twinkle daring her to 'jutht TRY it.”

“I had a hat. It was not all a hat,-Part of the brim was gone:Yet still I wore it on.”

“I think this takes a lot of courage and integrity to find your own voice and way to express not only your story, but the reality you are setting it within.”

Source : "TIFF 2015 Women Directors: Meet Danae Elon – ‘P.S. Jerusalem’". Interview with Freja Dam, www.indiewire.com. September 11, 2015.

“I've been a big believer in musicians turned actor, going back to Sinatra winning the Oscar for 'From Here To Eternity.' David Bowie in 'Man Who Fell to Earth,' Kris Kristofferson's been great in a bunch of films. Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, I thought was great in 'Precious.”

“As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses.”