"If we can keep ourselves from interfering with the natural laws of life, mistakes can be our child's finest teachers."

“I couldn't bear to think about it; and yet, somehow, I couldn't think about nothing else.”

“Americans love to read about violence.”

Source : "Radical Chic Resurgent", www.slate.com. August 22, 2001.

“There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.”

“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.”

“Scouting rises within you and inspires you to put forth your best.”

“I don't set out to make something that is repulsive and that would scare people. I know that some people don't like what I make, and don't find it cute, but that's hard for me to understand.”

Source : "Interview with Patricia Piccinini and Peter Hennessey". Interview With Daniel Palmer, www.patriciapiccinini.net. 2001.

“If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic”

“I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes.”