We get the best people we can get and it turns out a lot of them are women. I've said this before If you hire people solely on their merit you wind up hiring a lot of women. I wonder how many other shows even come close to our numbers.

For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's like you get down to the selling organs part, and it just loses some of its luster.

You can point to a lot of women showrunners that have had long and successful careers. In terms of the kinds of movies that women can get made, as long as the business operates under this model of the first-weekend [box office] focus, with huge movies aimed at super-young audiences, it will be really tough for women to do something that really changes the landscape. Because honestly, until they figure out how to get grown women into the theaters on the first weekend, it won't change.

Movie studios are owned by giant corporations. They care about money; they dont care about movies.

Always, in all circumstances, wear comfortable shoes. You never know when you may have to run for your life.

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

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