I just love when the learning curve is steep. And I love being in nature, in the wild.

I had to make a living, so I got happily diverted into writing about expeditions and adventures.

New Zealand is weird. I mean, it does not seem of this earth, not to me. It really is like something made up.

I'm fascinated by characters who are faced with big losses and have to put their lives back together again.

When I was a little girl, my imagination was what helped me deal with some sort of negative elements in my childhood.

Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.

Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.

Music is an expression of individuality; it's how you see the world. All art is, for that matter. You take how you experience the world, interpret it, and send it out there - express it - whether it's sculpture, dance or singing.