The movie business can be very frustrating and very circuitous; there's no straight path. You have to have tremendous perseverance, dedication and passion. You have to want it very, very badly and you have to deal with a lot of rejection.

- Denise Di Novi

If you're lucky enough to experience love, what you find is that it can sustain you through the most difficult times.

- Denise Di Novi

I find 'Edward Scissorhands' a very inspiring movie - it's one of the first movies about bullying, in a way - about being treated unkindly for being different.

- Denise Di Novi

I thought, 'I loved Batman, I loved Spider-Man, I love all these characters, but Catwoman is really different from any other one.'

- Denise Di Novi

One common desire that every human being has is to love and be loved. At the end of our lives, it's how we measure our lives.

- Denise Di Novi