We can keep whatever we like about manhood but adjust the parts of the definition that are keeping men back.

We can no more create the perfect environment for our children than we can create perfect children.

In American fertility clinics, 75 percent of couples are requesting girls and not boys.

I think we should all call ourselves feminists.

If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.

NASA projects often have romantic names that link into a long history of exploration and adventure: Atlantis and Discovery, for example.

Pop culture is like our subconscious.

If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me.

As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking for more.

The launch of a space shuttle can still make you weep with amazement and wonder, if you happen to be watching it.

Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about?

There are different reasons to make movies.

The 'Bourne' movies are great in their own ways; it introduces a whole other sort of allegory about the Bush years. The secrecy and the threats of a big global organization.

Art depends upon the inexactitude of sight.

It seems to be hard wired into our pleasure centres to move to music.

When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone.

He moves like a dancer.

The only time I'm pleased with myself is when I'm exhausted and shaking from having written too much.

The gods, after all, are only human, and once their rage has been placated they are perfectly capable of acts of mercy and grace.

I like my films to influence the audience. Even if it means tripping their aged grandparents with a cane when they get home.