My fears came true: People called me fat and hideous, and I lived. And now I keep living.

If a young woman is looking at the landscape of Hollywood, what she sees is almost only challenges.

I went to an amazing school in Brooklyn called St. Anne's that's a really kind of creative hot bed.

I'd love to write something for a male protagonist. That's sort of the next frontier for me. I think it'd be really amazing to write the kind of parts that I love for women but for a guy.

My parents were open about sex. And my dad makes paintings that have a sexual component and it still scares me.

Women saying "I'm not a feminist" is my greatest pet peeve. Do you believe that women should be paid the same for doing the same jobs? Do you believe that women should be allowed to leave the house? Do you think that women and men both deserve equal rights? Great, then you're a feminist.

If you're writing, you're starting in private. It can really be this amazing, private, freeing experience. Forget that it's for other people - that comes in later.