I'm able to inspire other people, to see the potential of a career, they can look to me and see that they can do it.

Honestly, I do spend most of my time between films trying to get the next one made.

One of my foolish qualities is to jump boldly, and then think about it later.

If I like a film, I usually appreciate the way it was made the first time.

My guiltiest pleasure is reading a novel with a glass of wine. I love to read voraciously. I always have. And I love to lose myself in a good book.

I've come to really believe that I have something to offer as a filmmaker, that goes beyond what I had to offer as an actress and maybe this is what I'm meant to do.

As someone who tried to be great. I don't know if one ever gets to greatness, but I've put in a good effort, and will continue to do so.

If I was not a film-maker I'd probably be a musician. I like Kanye West, Jay-Z, R&B, classical, jazz and all kinds of music, but I'd say soulful World Music is my favorite.

She didn't want to alienate herself from the very wealthy man that was about to offer her a job by declining the polite offer of a drink.

Writers don't suffer from insanity, they depend upon it!

Singing is a form of admitting that I'm alive.

I'd leave all the hurry, the noise, and the fray, for a house full of books, and a garden of flowers.

I've been obsessed with The Beatles since I was two.

No I'm not saying I'm the nicest I just life like it.

A complete assemblage of the smallest facts of human history will tell in the end.

One of the main strategies of the successful is that they constantly seek guidance from experts in their field.

It's easy to carry the past as a burden instead of a school. It's easy to let it overwhelm you instead of educate you.

Talking is what I do, but listening is my job.