The key to moving a maybe to a yes is to make the buyer feel as though other buyers have already said yes. ... It helps if it's true, but it never is. No one wants to be the first yes. Why is this? I don't know, but I think it's anthropological.

Self-love knows no impediment.

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

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

[On filmmaking:] Cardinal rule: It's a youth business.

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

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.