“It's like there's something very maternal about Wonder Woman: when pus...” — Patty Jenkins Quote

“It's like there's something very maternal about Wonder Woman: when push comes to shove, if nobody else wants to do it, Wonder Woman would step up and take care of business. But she doesn't want to do it, and she would never take any delight in it. That's Wonder Woman to me.”

“I don't think I could have made a good movie out of 'Thor 2' because I wasn't the right director. And I don't think I would have been in the running for 'Wonder Woman' as a result. And that's one of the reasons why I'm glad I didn't do it.”

“To be a director, you need to be reliable, on time, confident, calm, all of those things you see demonstrated in the military.”

“I love a great myth. I love a superhero origin story.”

“When people are crass or loudmouthed, it's not because they don't give a damn. It's from fear and insecurity.”

“It's rare that a character film is easy to fund.”

“There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being wise, take a strange delight in showing what they think they have sagaciously read in mankind by uncharitable suspicions of them.”

“My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.”

“We have this idea that seriousness is of higher value. But surely there is more human pleasure and delight in time spent with humour than with pondering the great philosophical ideas.”

“I may be old-fashioned. But I believe there is such a thing as a search for beauty - a delight in the nice things in the world. And I don't think one should have to apologise for it.”

“The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.”

“Mathematics is like music. Neither needs to be useful. It is enough that each gives delight to those who seek delight from it.”