“The ways in which people are damaged are the ways in which they're strong. It's what makes people interesting - what they've overcome and how, and what they haven't and how that's become a good thing. Almost everyone's life is both a gorgeous story and a tragedy. I think being alive is really, really hard, and I'm constantly stunned and amazed by people who make it interesting and beautiful.” PeopleThinkingWayHardStoriesBeautifulLife IsStrongInterestingAliveStrengthHavensOvercomingTragedyGood ThingsAmazedGorgeousStunned Author:Sarah Polley
“All of my short films are about marriages, and I think that this probably comes from some kind of unconscious fascination with my parents' story and what they went through.” ThinkingKindStoriesFilmParentUnconsciousFascinationShort Films Author:Sarah Polley
“I've always known that I've wanted to write, but I always saw myself doing that in the context of something other than film, so it was a really beautiful and kind of perfect moment in my life when I realized that I could combine this idea of wanting to write and tell my own stories with the environment I had grown up in and knew well - that I could make film as opposed to writing being a departure from what I knew.” WritingWellsKindIdeasMomentsStoriesWantedBeautifulFilmMy OwnPerfectKnownEnvironmentSawsI RealizedDepartureReally BeautifulPerfect Moments Author:Sarah Polley
“So I decided to make a film about our need to tell stories, to own our stories, to understand them, and to have them heard.” NeedsStoriesFilmHeardDecided Author:Sarah Polley
