Alice Miller

Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has always been disputed by the most respected schools of thought.

I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I think the main thing I remembered throughout all of filming it was just that she just was extremely self-destructive. I think everybody can relate to that a little bit. She doesn't like herself.