Feminism...is not 'women as victims' but women refusing to be victims.

I’ve learned to turn life’s setbacks into opportunities for creation.

Not watching the path where his legs took him, he walked on because he knew he had to walk ahead, leaving his past behind.

When I teach writing, I have a mantra: Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.

No revolution can be made with silk gloves.

I would not describe myself as a left-wing filmmaker. I don't think this is the first thing that would pop into my mind when talking about my work.

There were times, I'm sure you knew, when I bit off more than I could chew. But through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out.

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.

The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.

It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.

I have always moved by intuition alone. I have no system, literary or political. I have no guiding political idea.