I can't stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I'm Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.

Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.

I never liked stardom. It's weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.

Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, "Go on, go on - you can do it!

A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?

I need instant gratification.