We need to fight for women's rights, but I don't want to separate women from men. We're separated already because we're not made the same, and it's the difference that creates this energy in creation and love.

Filmmaking is not about gender. You cannot ask a president in a festival like Cannes to have, like, five movies directed by women and five by men.

I am not very good at expressing myself in a simple way so it can create mis-understandings and I hate that.

I am not very good at planning things, actually, but I believe that things happen when they need to and when they have to.

I see the world as an adventure thriller and a voyage of discovery. To me, all lives are lives of mystery and secrecy, and that's what I write about.

Iraq is in a civil war. There is no road in that country that is safe.

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

One ends up relying on pure musical inspiration, and failing that, the music won't lead to anything good, or it will alienate all but the most die-hard fans.