Directing is the last frontier for women in the movie business. We are studio heads, we are producers and we are writers, but we are not directors in any numbers.

I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actors always an actor until he does a movie-star part.

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

No single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success.

Like the color black, business mixed with anything turns to business.

Self-love knows no impediment.

My sense of Los Angeles was very New York provincial, as in 'all those people are crazy out there' (which they are), and stupid (which they're not), and immoral (it's more interesting than that).

It is just as important to move on in the wake of stunning success as in the wake of disaster.

Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.

with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?

The only way I can access all my strength is to relax. ... The paradox is that you must learn to be relaxed while using all your power.

Often when she liked a picture she found that she was liking some part of herself, some part of her that was in accord with the picture

Even the disciples, who at times could be dense as bricks, realized that the true neighbor was the one who showed mercy to a stranger.

Time is a created thing. To say, "I don't have time" is like saying "I don't want to.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013.

Let us praise even the slightest improvement. That inspires the other person to keep on improving.

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it.

Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

… It is not healing to see your childhood home, but it helps you measure whether you are broken, and how and why, assuming you want to know.

As a woman especially I've found a lot of freedom in music.