I believe love is bittersweet, especially young love.

I think staying away from labels is what makes my films refreshing.

I hope my visual language inspires others to tell their stories and challenges people's thinking.

A theatrical on a tight budget really only becomes about generating critical reviews for you and your film, not revenue.

As I have been paving my career as a filmmaker my parents have been there for me every step of the way. They have believed in my dreams despite how steep the mountain has been.

I think my biggest advice to filmmakers is to look into the many digital platforms that exist for you and your team to distribute your film.

There is lots of pressure to make a GOOD film. And not just a GOOD film but one that will somehow stand out in the sea of GOOD films.

I feel like social media is something that has yet to be considered a viable platform for marketing in the industry.

If I start to feel run-down or like I'm going to get sick, I know I need sleep - stat. I can sometimes keep a sickness at bay with a good night's sleep!

Nothing fails like success when you rely on it too much.

Writers ought to be regarded as wrongdoers who deserve to be acquitted or pardoned only in the rarest cases: that would be a way to keep books from getting out of hand.

Everyone tends to remember the past with greater fervor as the present gains greater importance.

Go beyond what you feel like doing and do what's right. Every time you do what's right when you don't feel like it, you are growing.

First you have to learn to do something, then you can go out and do it.

I like a book to be full of the memory of what it is, a voice in an endless conversation, and yet at the same time to be new.

He looks like a man who has nits and worms at the same time.

Evening the playing field for women workers is a matter of fairness and with women now providing a significant share of their family's income, it is a family issue.

Despite what I feel for Peeta, this is when I accept deep down that he'll never come back to me. Or i'll never go back to him. I'll die for my trouble. And he'll die insane and hating me.