From Maya Angelou I began to believe that I, too, someday, could be a writer, and I also learned how tortuous it can be to be in possession of a unique voice.

Movies are movies, television is television.

I never get involved with the ladies I work with.

Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place in one box.

Films must all have the same structure. All of this to guarantee box office bonanza, which of course it never does, but that's another discussion entirely.

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.