“I always thought of my mother as a warrior woman, and I became interested in pursuing stories of women who invent lives in order to survive.”

“If you lead with the anger, it will turn off the audience. And what I want is the audience to engage with the material and to listen and then to ask questions. I think that 'Ruined' was very successful at doing that.”

“I am interested in people living in the margins of society, and I do have a mission to tell the stories of women of colour in particular. I feel we've been present throughout history, but our voices have been neglected.”

“I always thought of my mother as a warrior woman, and I became interested in pursuing stories of women who invent lives in order to survive.”

“In the business of war, the role of women is really to maintain normalcy and ensure that there is cultural continuity.”