Directing is the last frontier for women in the movie business. We are studio heads, we are producers and we are writers, but we are not directors in any numbers.

Ego problems are endemic in every walk of life, but in the movie business egomaniacs are megalomaniacs.

Everything can be undone, including success.

Every single one of us who has been a Woman in Film for more than five minutes is sick of the phrase Women in Film.

My goal has been to learn how to get movies made without losing sight of the reasons I began. I have had to learn to recognize the insidious nature of the beast without becoming one.

When I was starting out, the first women studio heads and writers were just getting into their perches - development execs learning their chops.

The lack of women directors is a sad fact of life. Kathryn Bigelows thrilling Best Director win may help turn things around.