I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.

And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years

However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.

The camera lies all the time; lies 24 times/second.

I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue

I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence.

It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow

So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point

The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting

A pact must be kept and a secret must never be revealed ...”Pact of witches

Every day is a fresh start

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

You must know in your heart before anyone else does what is going to be good and then follow through.

I was schooled at home, then didn't go to university because I married when I was 17. I didn't go into work until late in my life.

Women who make men talk better than they are accustomed to are always popular.

I wish that I was where I am.

When you're teenager, your hormones and your emotions are so tumultuous and so unpredictable. You're just trying to understand yourself.

To purify the heart is the one and only purpose that God has created this human life.

I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.