Breakthroughs, in art, in culture, in personality, come when tackling the unexpected.

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

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

Love and friendship, two of life's abiding rewards, are endangered species in Hollywood. People crave both, mistaking alliance for friendship, lust for love, and ambition for both.

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

I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actors always an actor until he does a movie-star part.

Everything can be undone, including success.