Birth is violent, and out of that violence is our only chance of rebirth.

We're social animals. We've got to get along together. It's in our nature. We're hardwired that way.

If you're older you want to tell stories about the pool of human life and living and to communicate, not only to your age group but to do an age group that can begin to understand, that has enough experience of life far beyond the taste of life.

Women are just more oriented toward feelings - and I don't mean that in a negative way. But with a male actor and a male director, the emotional exploration can only go so far. With a female director, you can end up exploring so many more depths.

Birth is violent, whether it be the birth of a child or the birth of an idea.

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection