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

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.

You're allowed to make things for women on television and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.'

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.

Kelly Clarkson is the most adorable person on the planet. She is just so nice.

One of the reasons I wanted to do a show about Nashville in Nashville was because when I lived here, the hardest thing to go out and hear was country music. Country was taking place inside the studio and it was an export.

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