My parents were screenwriters, and they had four daughters and we all write. So that's amazing. Talk about powerful parents. My mother always said to us, "Everything is copy."

I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are.

It's always a shock to the people who run studios when a movie that is for women is a hit. They have an infinite capacity to be shocked.

I don't write a word of the article until I have the lead. It just sets the whole tone - the whole point of view. I know exactly where I'm going as soon as I have the lead.

So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around?

Eat every meal as if it's your last; when the last one comes, you probably won't be very hungry.

Parenting meant that whether or not your children understood you, your obligation was to understand them.