A lot of college graduates approach me about becoming screenwriters. I tell them, 'Do not become a screenwriter, become a journalist,' because journalists go into worlds that are not their own. Kids who go to Hollywood write coming-of-age stories for their first scripts, about what happened to them when they were sixteen. Then they write the summer camp script. At the age of twenty-three they haven't produced anything, and that's the end of the career.

The last four years of psychoanalysis are a waste of money.

Getting older means you don't have to shave your legs anymore.

The Wonderbra is not a step forward for women. Nothing that hurts that much is a step forward for women.

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

Maybe young women don't wonder whether they can have it all any longer, but in case any of you are wondering, of course you can have it all. It will be a little messy, but embrace the mess. It will be complicated, but rejoice in the complications. It will not be anything like what you think it will be like, but surprises are good for you. And don't be frightened: you can always change your mind. I know: I've had four careers and three husbands.

Look at the parts the Oscar-nominated actresses played this year: hooker, hooker, hooker, hooker, and nun.