Quotes

Power is a theme in many of my films: people have power over others just by force of will and their overwhelming personalities. I'm a great believer in the force of will.

My point of view is more or less always from the woman's point of view; the fairy tales that my films are based on are from the woman's point of view. I stress the efficacy of women for themselves. In general, I focus on the female orgasm as much as I can -- women have much more imagination then men! I think sex is supposed to be a lot of fun.

I was born a rebel. In film, I get outside of the acceptable framework as often as possible. I think that is what a filmmaker's goal should be -- to get outside of what, at the time, is the established framework.