I don't know about immortal, but I must say that to me to touch more women and to have them understand friendships is important. I've had girls come up to me who said, "Yeah, after I saw 'Beaches' I called up my friend Denise who I was really mad at. She got me so aggravated and I called her and we made up." So if I could do that with this new release, yes, that would be very pleasing to me because, hey, it's a tough world. You need friends out there.

[The movie Beaches] was really about how women fight. Women fight, say terrible things to each other and an hour later they make up and go shopping. I think they got the better idea of how it should be done.

[Beaches] is a pretty picture and I just liked having somebody like Bette [Mudler] who can be flying in the big comedy scenes and have her do more like a realistic part.

Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing

I made nepotism an art form, so I get to work with a lot of relatives and they're part of it.

Learn to work with people you wouldn't go to lunch with.

There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it