Would you have a friend who talks to you the way you talk to yourself?

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.

Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick?

If you fall still stand your ground and strive for that new start.

Renunciation is the art of removing the barriers between one’s self and others.

There is nothing of greater importance to the well-being of society at large - of man as well as woman - than the true proper position of woman.

Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter.

I have found the study of organisms to be a truly exciting experience, always interesting and sometimes humbling.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism; reason and justice presuppose, at their origin, emotion.

Everyone knows [George W. Bush] has no clue, but no one there has the courage to say it. I mean, good gawd, the man is as he always has been: barely adequate.

To me, a forever love is a bond that can't be broken.

From the coaches on down, especially Jim Corsi whose been a great supporter, a true friend who really cares about his players and allowed me the chance to develop.