“The freedom we are looking for is the freedom to be ourselves, to express ourselves. But if we look at our lives we will see that most of the time we do things just to please others … The worst part is that most of us are not even aware that we are not free.”

Sitting in an office for TOO long is not natural, perhaps, so that’s why we should change it. I didn’t say that out-and-out capitalism, which reduces humanity to dollar figures, is natural.

I’m not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman – not unless she is looking for new images.

When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.

Re-vision – the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction – is for woman more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival.

When someone, let’s say a teacher, speaks of the world and you are not in it, it’s like looking into the mirror and seeing nothing.

I love market research because you really have an idea of what your consumers are looking for.

Re-vision — the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction – is for women more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival.

Love has a funny way of showing up when you aren’t looking for it and didn’t plan on it.

Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room.