One of the best things about directing movies, as opposed to merely writing them, is that there's no confusion about who's to blame: You are.

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

I’m really not interested in women as victims. Look at me, I get the last laugh ‘cause I get to be funny about it.

There are plenty of men who philander during the summer, to be sure, but they are usually the same lot who philander during the winter - albeit with less convenience.

My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.

You get to be a certain age and you start reading stuff about the age you are, and you think, what is wrong with these people who are writing these books? Do they not have necks?

What will happen to sex after liberation? Frankly, I don't know. It is a great mystery to all of us.