I want to be part of the generation that stops AIDS.

That's why I like my job so much, because at the end of the day they're fruits of labor that you don't pick very easily. And I love that.

I'm not a fan of justifying bad behavior or justifying why people are the way they are. I think that's a cop out. I don't have a lot of empathy for that.

At the end of the day, I'd much rather do a piece about people in a story that I find riveting and intriguing and moving, versus really carrying some kind of heavy political agenda on my sleeve. That's not who I am.

I think writing a book with film in mind is a way to write a really bad books. You can usually tell those books that are packaged to become films.

I know what I'm capable of wearing in one lifetime and what I really need.

People always say to me, "What's wrong with Hollywood? They don't want to make female-driven movies." And that's not where the problem lies. It lies with us, in society. When we make these movies, nobody goes to see them.