I grew up in the Midwest; you don't know any screenwriters. It didn't seem like a realistic career possibility.

He wasn’t a carrier of commitment-phobia or other notable boy diseases and he used expensive moisturizer. That’s about all it takes to bang my gong.

Stripping toughened my hide, but exposing myself as a writer has been a lot more brutal.

You know, it shouldn't just be about women as heroic figures overcoming things, it just needs to be about women in general getting the opportunity to play a multitude of roles, telling a multitude of stories - just to express human experience from a woman's perspective. I hope, someday, we can get to that point. I'm all about representation.

The primary job for women in Hollywood is still super-attractive actress. That is the most high-profile women's job in Hollywood.

The attitude toward women in this industry is nauseating. There are all sorts of porcine executives who are uncomfortable with a woman doing anything subversive. They want the movie about the beautiful girl who trips and falls, the adorable klutz.

I am actually able to do other things. I'm not just this writer.