I'd like to get something small and self-generated in before Black Rock has whatever life that it has.

I love my kids, they are amazing children, but they drive me bananas sometimes. And sometimes, I want to sell them on eBay... but I'm not going to.

There is something really nice about learning that you can take the reins of your life and your career.

Everyone grows and changes. It's not even to say that you become a better person than you were, but you're morphing. This whole thing is just a weird river that we're on.

It's not rocket science to make a movie.

There are certain tenets set in place for all different types on genres. For thrillers, women usually die first.

Okay, sense of humor: plus one. Being able to laugh at yourself: plus one. Being able to laugh at other people without being mean: plus one. Vanity: minus one.

I will never be a skinny waif as I am physically unable to say "no" to free booze and snacks. Oh well.

I don't think I'm going to go into Iron Man. I mean, I can't say that I won't go into something like an Iron Man franchise.

If you're a woman, just make a freaking good movie. I don't believe in the women who say, 'It's too hard, I'm getting shot down.'

I've got a couple of full-time jobs, since I'm raising a kid, so it's a lot.

Nancy Herman, my new gym partner and locker neighbor, puts her hand on my shoulder and whispers, "Don't worry April. I have foot fungus too.

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.

The perfect day is going to bed with a dream and waking up with a purpose.

Embrace in one act the two truths-thine own sin, and God's infinite mercy in Jesus Christ.

I think the thriller aspect of this film [Fifty Shades Darker] is what excited me most.

Africa needs access to markets.

I am in the world to change the world.

You can't want to be a writer. You have to be one.

We don't, in a sensible world, want to hand on an increasingly dysfunctional world to our grandchildren.

Public space can be a lot better with some private space to contradict it and vice versa. It keeps the system alive. If the system is just one thing, then it's closed and it eventually dies.