Quotes on Maker

The commitment to working at poetry is important because a poet is a maker, and a poem is a made thing. We have to honor our feelings by working to transform them into something meaningful and lasting.

All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.

When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and being able to get to your next picture.

When people ask me if I am a feminist film maker, I reply I am a woman and I also make films.

The first person who showed me that I could be a maker of music was one of my best friends. It's like, you can't see yourself doing something until you see somebody else doing it. Other people were encouraging me singing, but this was the first time that I could see myself writing songs and playing guitar.

For a film maker, an Oscar is like a Nobel Prize, you know. So I am very happy... delighted. There is nothing more after this. I cannot hope to get anything more prestigious.

Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.