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.

The public's appetite for frothy, flippant blondes has waned, but Paris Hilton still fascinates me.

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

I think I have always sort of cultivated a flowery writing style. I've always sort of over - written in every genre that I've attempted. I went to college and took a couple of writing classes and I remember my teachers were always incredibly encouraging. But it was inevitable to get the criticism: "Take it down a notch!" But the nice thing about screenwriting is that you don't really have to.

If this whole writing thing doesn't work out, I'll be getting right back on the pole.

I don't know if I have some kind of defiance disorder or something, but if I'm hired to write something by "The Man," or by a studio, for whatever reason, it's really hard for me to finish. I inevitably wind up using that time to write something else.

I've always been a writer, I've always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting.