There are not that many people who know how to edit. It's a funny tiny little obscure talent but it's very special. You have to have the feeling of popular taste.

Don't use men to get what you want in life. Get it yourself.

Now it's somewhat easier for a woman to be a film producer or something like that if she wants, though it's not that easy. But to be any kind of successful woman took a lot of doing in the '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s... in the '70s it's getting simpler.

The only reason a man doesn't call is that he doesn't want to.

Never expect anybody - except possibly your analyst - to be as thrilled about your sex life as you are.

My own philosophy is if you're not having sex, you're finished. It separates the girls from the old people.

Don't do small stuff early in your energy cycle or you'll blow your 'golden hours,' but occasionally you have to do the 'possible' to develop the momentum for the killer task.