There's no one on this earth taken less seriously in a leadership context than a young woman - everything is against you.

We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.

My advice to female directors is not to wait until you feel like your ideas have been pre-certified or until you think you've gotten some approval for them. Then it's too late! Follow your gut. That's hard to do, but the only way to be original.

I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.