46 Quotes by Allison Anders

Unless it's something very clever like 'Memento,' most independent films have a very tough life out there.

When you're traumatized, you pick out one thing you remember more than anything else.

When I wanted to become a filmmaker, there was nobody for me to look up to.

Let's face it - no matter how independent you are, you still have this nagging need to be desired.

Movies can tell us about our place, or lack of place, in our culture.

Maybe women sometimes wish that a man would come along and buy them.

Music has always been a great solace for me. It's still something that gives me far more joy than movies, I must say. I love movies, too. But somehow, music can transport you. There are so many different kinds of experiences you can have with music.

I don't know that movies are important. But I know that stories are important. Movies may disappear. They've only been around, for God's sake, for the last hundred years... I think that it's the need to tell stories, and that people need to be told stories. It's the old sitting around the fire, you know.

I don't believe you ever get closure on anything. Things leave a permanent mark on you.