"To seek out making films that are unique and insightful, boundary-pushing and genre-bending, and not films that fit into the neat, little boxes that people "want" (expect) women to be making. In some ways, I guess for me, any filmmaker should strive to be a good director first, regardless of their gender, race, sexual orientation etc."

“I am now a fundamentalist American; give me time and I will tell you why individualism, laissez-faire and the slightly restrained anarchy of capitalism offer the best opportunities for the development of the human spirit.”

“Our points of reference in America aren't steeped in literature; they're steeped in that five minutes between commercials.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“A dream is what makes people love life even when it is painful.”

Source : " A constitution penned by lawyers, not poets" by Theodore Zeldin, www.theguardian.com. May 28, 2005.

“Patriotism is a passion which induces hot youth to rush forth to get shot and half shot, while sober, conservative age waves the flag and corrals the contracts.”

“When I left Iowa, I definitely never wanted to stand in front of a group of academics again and see if they approved of me. I made up my mind to take my work to the actual reading public.”

“What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?”

“I think there is always going to be inspired music and there are always going to be inspired listeners and there is always going to be an inspired method of getting it from A to B.”

“It takes me 10 minutes to get ready to go out, and that includes the shower.”