I like writing flawed women, and being one, its something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.

I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and think they have no redeeming qualities, but like everyone, they're complex.

I think of feminism as more of a political ideology.

Nashville is the place where I first realized how impossible it is to look at someone and know what is inside them, what special something they possess.

One of the magical things about Nashville is just how many incredibly talented people are here and the way they support each other.

When people know I wrote 'Thelma and Louise,' they don't want to mess with me.

The world will provide you with every imaginable obstacle, but the one most difficult to overcome will be the lack of faith in yourself. Leave it to others to have doubts about you.

By luck I mean, when opportunity meets preparation.

Chick flick is not a term used to praise a movie. Nobody says 'it's a great chick flick.' It's a way of being derisive. I'm not clear why it's ok to do it.

If the same energy went into marketing movies to women as they do on the other demographics we might see more of a spike.

I tried to get a baseball movie made a couple of years ago and I don't think it didn't happen because I was a woman, but because sports movie don't sell internationally.

Master the art of selfloveand you will never have to seekvalidationever again.

When someone hurts you time and time again, accept the fact that they don't care about you. Its a tough pill to swallow, but its necessary medicine.

Frustration is the result of failed expectations.

They lived and they laughed and they saw it was good.

Whether you're explaining where pets go when they die or teaching your child to recycle, your philosophies have ramifications. For the rest of history, echos of your voice will be heard.

We need to learn how to give a defense for our belief in Christ without getting defensive.

Sincerity is the indispensable ground of all conscientiousness, and by consequence of all heartfelt religion.

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

You can't lie down when people come on to use you, you have to stand up for your rights too.

It's a good thing I learned some humility and perspective as I got older.