As a female filmmaker it's important to have a voice for and about women. We have a lot of valuable stories to tell and young girls need to hear them.

These days people call entertainment capturing someone at their lowest moment and then posting it for the world to see.

Just don’t promise her the moon. She simply isn’t the type that would buy such a story. She only cares about love and nothing else. Can you tell her you love her?

Benefits should be granted little by little so that they may be better enjoyed.

At their first appearance innovators have always been derided as fools and mad men.

At this point in time the war [ WWII] is close enough to still feel hotly personal to a writer, yet far enough away so that jingoism and heroics are no longer required.

Perseverance is a great element of success.

The poor never estimate as a virtue the generosity of the rich.

Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. If I had them in my army, I would go through all the world with them.

Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange

As a yoga practitioner with some understanding of how karma works, you have to ask the question, "If I am seeking liberation, will it serve my purpose to rob other beings of their freedom?"