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

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

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

No single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success.

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

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.

nerve, not talent, is the one necessary and sufficient trait for success. (Wouldn't it be ideal if it were talent? But talent with no nerve is like the sound of one hand clapping.