Everyone Is Given One Gift, A Reason

When You're Writing You're Constantly Fighting Demons To Sit Down And Do What You Do. If You Listen To The Voices Outside Your Head, In Addition To The Ones Inside Your Head, You'll Never Get Anything Done. There's Enough Inner Strife.

I Think Stories Do Have An Ending. I Think They Need To Have An Ending Eventually Because That Is A Story: A Beginning, Middle And End. If You Draw Out The End Too Long, I Think Storytelling Can Get Tired.

It Doesn't Matter If You're The Smartest Person In The Room: If You're Not Someone Who People Want To Be Around, You Won't Get Far. Likewise For Helping Those In Line Behind You. I Take Seriously My Role As A Mentor To Young Female Filmmakers - I Make Sure My Time Is Tithed.

Women Tend To Be Categorized As Madonnas Or Whores.

My Husband Is A Director, And I Understand What It Takes To Direct. It's A Skill Set Where You Have To Be Able To Talk To Actors And Understand Them, And I Don't. It's A Very Different Way Of Being In The World, And I Much Prefer Writing And Producing.