"I did things like Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. I don't know what those films were about. The women I played in them were not very empowered"

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?"

"Heaven never helps the men who will not act"

"To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea"

"Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies"

"If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies"

"Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows"

"Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a woman is oppressed in religion, she is oppressed outside religion"

"Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?"

"The influx of women into paid work and her increased power raise a woman's aspirations and hopes for equal treatment at home. Her lower wage and status at work and the threat of divorce reduce what she presses for and actually expects"

"At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil"