Some people would say having a feminist perspective is political, but I don't think it is. I think it's just having a female perspective.

I hope I can make a show that will inspire a whole other generation of young women and girls to say, "I can do a show like that."

Honestly, I do believe in the power of women supporting each other.

Like a dried up spring, magic trickled forth with less and less strength, until one day, the people awoke and there was simply no more to be had.

There’s no such thing as yesterday, he thought dully. Memory is just today, happening over and over again, stamped indelibly with regret.

The reason people fail to reach their goals is because they give up too early. They don't understand that most successes are built upon foundations of multiple attempts.

No city embraced privatization more eagerly than Chicago, where I live.

Confidence is something one acquires. It can come early or late but it is impossible to write without it. Mine came late.

The perfumer fakes nature by blending different types of materials to reproduce their scent.

There is nothing enduring in the life of a woman except what she builds in a man's heart.

Sometimes I like to make music together with a singer or with singers.

The Revolution has grown cold; all its principles are weakened; there remains only red caps worn by intriguers. The exercise of terror has made crime blasé, as strong liquors made the palace blasé.

I listen to music cinematically. I think about music and how it would make me feel when it's put to an image, a moving image, and I love it.