"I'm as far away from technology as possible. But I like to be as present as possible."

“I believe in tension and release, in that if you stay in the the same tone and mode and intensity for too long, it actually becomes monotonous. When you change up your pace or your humour level, then the release is welcome. ... I believe that's my biggest job: tone control, and maintaining enough unity so that it all feels like one movie and all the scenes belong together, and yet diversity so that emotional and narrative interest is maintained.”

Source : "Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Patricia Rozema". "Mansfield Park" DVD, 2000.

“I get up each morning, gather my wits, pick up the paper and read the obits. If I'm not there, I know I'm not dead, so I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed.”

“Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right.”

Source : "In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery". Book by Karen Casey, 1991.

“To write three series a year you only need to commit to writing 10 pages per day, or editing 50 pages of text per day. Plus, writing is my job, and I need to write to eat, so I'm highly motivated to get up and get to work!”

“Journalists always like an excuse for why are they talking about something now when they didn't talk about something a week ago. They always like to say something is new.”

“I never thought... that someone liked me... not like a demon... not like a half-demon... not even like human... just like... just like me!" -Inuyasha”

“I learn more with each film, and I gain confidence in my style of working. But at the same time, each one is a new monster.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com

“Our climate is changing. The Earth's climate has, in fact, warmed by 1.1 to 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit since the industrial revolution. People look at this and say: Oh, that is not very much. In fact, it is very much, and it changes the dynamic. It impacts species. It kills some. It diminishes the carbon sink of the ocean. It does a number of things.”