My advice for other female directors: don't think of your gender as a handicap. Don't think about it at all. Just tell the best story you can, and don't stop until you do.

I would rather be hired solely for my talent, not just to fill a quota.

Don’t get hung up on the female thing. The art is not about that.

I joke around sometimes and say that the DP [director of photography] is like a shrink for the director, but there's some truth in there.

It's really the best time to be a woman. And instead it can be an advantage. Think about what you can bring to the table that what you have to offer that makes you unique.

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire.

I want people to think about what and who they have in their lives and then run home to hug them and tell them how much they love them.

You can't expect everything to happen all at once when it's been such a male-dominated world for so long.

I love the people, ' I said. 'I have room in me for love, and for ever so many little lives.

Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow - James Matthew Barrie

Controlling people do not like to be controlled. Controlling people do not like to have their agendas obstructed.

even after every emotional accident, the show must go on.

I don't want to be your other half. I believe that one and one make two.

It's women who have embraced their own sexuality, it's why women wear makeup, it's why they wear high heels. It's what civilization is all about.

All the doctors who wanted to forbid me to smoke and to drink are dead.

There is a hate layer of opinion and emotion in America. There will be other McCarthys to come who will be hailed as its heroes.

Understanding is always the understanding of a smaller problem in relation to a bigger problem.

The dominant factors affecting control valuations are earning power (past and prospective) and asset values.