So many of us are reaching out, hoping someone out there will grab our hands and remind us we are not as alone as we fear.

I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.

Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky.

Nemeses aren't born. They are made.

Just write and love what you're writing. And if you're not loving what you're writing, take a look at why and fix that.

People do terrible things all the time, but we don’t regularly disown our humanity. We disavow the terrible things.

You have to be consistent. You have to be yourself. You have to be committed to what you're doing. You have to not be afraid to be ambitious.

Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers.

I am a bad feminist and a good woman. I am trying to become better in how I think and say and do - without abandoning what makes me human.

When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.

We have this cultural obsession with work and productivity as if we're better people if we don't stop and take some time for ourselves.

I smile so much at the theater my face hurts when I leave.

You'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into round holes, ignoring the clear reality that Things Are As They Are.

I don't want to be the president of the world. I'm the President of the United States.

I'm a character-driven director, and I tend to fall in love with the characters in my movies and TV shows.

Words are like harpoons. Once they go in, they are very hard to pull out.

When I found out that I was going to be CBS every morning, my first phone call was to Jenny Craig. Ten days later, I lost nine pounds. Now I even take the plan's popcorn with me to the movies.

If we are not happy with where our past decisions have led us, then the place to start is with our current thinking process.

I'm like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road.

I'm dead annoyed that I'm finding it so difficult to stop. But I am getting there [on kicking smoking habit]

Here's a secret. Many novelists, if they are pressed and if they are being honest, will admit that the finished book is a rather rough translation of the book they'd intended to write.