On Her Ambition

"I want to make sure I'm climbing because there's no backup. No one in my family has a house and, regardless of your background, if someone has a house, that means you can always come back home. When you don't have that, it's like there isn't anywhere to stand, so you have to keep jumping."
"To see people laughing or crying or listening, then being inspired to do their own thing? I can't think of anything better than that."
"I've never had a garden. My family has rented our whole lives. You're on fragile ground as it's not yours. But it gives you a drive, an ambition, because nothing is certain."
"Recently, I've understood that storytelling is really a service like a beauty therapist, masseuse, or a servant. One of the many reasons I love it so much is because I can include various types of people in the stories. If I write 55 different characters, 55 different people get to join the party, which is great because then you get to see variation on screen, a representation of real life. It's a way of helping people, of making them feel good about themselves. That's what I do."