"A lot of the times the first take was the best, because the actors are not analyzing themselves as much; they just do it. I believe in happy accidents and I'm not necessarily into actors getting the dialogue exactly as I wrote it; I'm much more into them understanding the motivations and have it come out in a natural way, and maybe catch something that I didn't expect."

“it is extraordinary how much you are theirs, and how little they are yours. The child grows inside you and there is something mystical and mythical in that, but then you actually see that you are nothing more than the box in which they come. There is this total person, already formed, themselves.”

“My goal was to do anything that would lead to a job. I know that writing would not lead to a job. It's too fancy for me. My biggest goal was to be an office receptionist, answer phones. I didn't expect to go beyond that.”

Source : "Anchee Min on Her Memoir, 'The Cooked Seed'". Interview with Kevin Nance, www.chicagotribune.com. May 11, 2013.

“BY the study of different RELIGIONS we find that in essence they are one.”

“If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.”

“These are the decisions we make that lead us to where we are today.”

“Married women are far more depressed than married men - in unhappy marriages, three times more; and - interestingly - in happy marriages, five times more. In truth, it is men who are thriving in marriage, now as always, and who show symptoms of psychological and physical distress outside it. Not only their emotional well-being but their very lives, some studies say, depend on being married!”

Source : Dalma Heyn (2011). “Marriage Shock: The Transformation of Women into Wives”, p.10, Open Road Media

“I am a guy, but if its Yunho, whenever Yunho hugs meit feels romantic.”

“I enjoy just being around my family and my loved ones. It's just the simple things.”