"Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don't discuss that, because it's too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist."

"Actual violence has no attraction for me at all."

"What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance."

"To deny women directors, as I suspect is happening in the States, is to deny the feminine vision."

"Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with."