I'd love to see more women working as directors and producers.

I didn't see myself as any advance guard, or feminist.

Often I pretended to a cameraman to know less than I did. That way I got more cooperation.

I never wrote just straight women's roles. I liked the strong characters. I don't mean women who have masculine qualities about them, but something that has some intestinal fortitude, some guts to it.

Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power... I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right.

That's one of the things I resent the most violently. To have to take your own life and give it away to the public, in pieces.