76 Quotes by Sam Taylor-Wood

Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.

My mum has lived in Australia for 22 years now, and we have a rocky relationship. But at the same time it's one I want to maintain. I need her to be my mum. The relationship took a lot of rebuilding.

I understand what it is to go through emotional trauma and retreat and go into the world of your imagination. I understand how art and music can be a place of safety in a world of reinvention.

My childhood had its challenges, like everyone's. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined.

Never trust a hippie. That's definitely my motto.

Seeing a new play in a first-time production is so exciting - when it's good, you want to shout from the rooftops.

People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.

I feel like I've lost 10 years of my life to cancer.

I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.