I support giving President Obama the ability to negotiate and complete new trade agreements with some of the fastest-growing economies in the world.

I am not a professional politician.

We have to start grounding our policies in facts and recognize that a strong economy is critical for funding progressive priorities.

Oil is largely our energy past, and Keystone does little to respond to the actual challenges and opportunities before us.

A man with money is no match against a man on a mission.

I think any writer is a fool if he doesn't do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incentive in addition to the project. It all goes together. It's fun to sit there and think of characters and get them into action, then be paid for it.

I had seventeen No. 1 songs and I didn't see anything like that kind of money.

I knew I needed to make a studio film - not for any financial reason, but because, as a filmmaker, and especially as a female filmmaker, you have to break through the glass ceiling.