I am blessed to live and work in [France,] a country where women filmmakers are by and large not unfairly treated. So I wouldn't have much to contribute regarding issues faced as a female director.

Making films is - or should be - a very personal experience. You shouldn't listen to anybody, other than the people you choose to listen to.

In spite of all the terrible things that happen in our world, hope can - and must - prevail.

I don't necessarily agree with everything I read about my films, but I wouldn't highlight a specific misconception: If people think this or that about myself or my work, they must have their reasons.

The moon is a poem in a starry night.

Life is meaningless. It is our actions that add meaning to it.

Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be--and are ruined.

Flattery makes friends truth enemies.

You need not be proud of me.... I'm only being active till you can be again--it isn't such a great desire on my part to serve theworld and I'll fall back into habits of sloth quite easily!

Protected by a no-fly zone, surrounded by protesters, Trump Tower is buzzing with intensity. The president-elect's family, loyalist advisers and wannabes all jockeying for position.

Sometimes... sometimes I think the Asylum is a head. We're inside a huge head that dreams us all into being. Perhaps it's your head, Batman. Arkham is a looking glass... and we are you.

When mankind was in its infancy, steeped in uncertainty, ignorance, and error, was it possible to foresee what system it would adopt for preservation.

The thing about nightmares was that you couldn't prepare for them. They sneaked up on you when you were most vulnerable.

The lesser the friends, the lesser the chances of betrayal.