Imelda Marcos

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.

Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.

The concentration in my book on Marie Antoinette's childhood and on her family influences. It is surprising how some books actually start with her arrival in France!