I just really have an affinity for women. Watching them go through journeys is more interesting to me than watching men.

You can take the high moral ground intellectually, but if it ever happens to you personally, I don't know that I could honestly say that I wouldn't want to kill someone who took someone away from me. So, it's a rich, fertile ground for great characters and great storytelling. That was the impetus.

Women have to take more control of their careers. They can't just wait to be cast in a film.

I just really have an affinity for women. Watching them go through journeys is more interesting to me than watching men.

What I do usually is read the book first, for pleasure, to see if my brain starts connecting with it, as a movie. And then, if I say yes, I read it again, only this time I take a pen and, inside the book, I say, "Okay, this is a scene. I don't need this. I'm going to try this. I'm not going to take this." And then, I use that book like a bible and each chapter heading, I write a menu of what's in that chapter, in case I ever need to reference it. And then, I start to outline and write it. I get in there and it starts to evolve, based on having re-read it again.

I've always shot on film, but the times are changing.

If I can make a living as a writer, I can do anything.