Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

Gratefulness is a double-edged sword. Because I think we've poured it into a feeling. And the batter of gratitude gets kind of stuck to the edges of the Williams Sonoma melamine mixing bowl. But gratefulness, the act of being grateful is actually... a verb. It's an activity. ”

Across the board, women are unhappy with our industry. ”

I'm pretty boring. ”

I like English, and I like writing essays, and that kind of stuff. ”

I like to have sleepovers. ”

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. ”

The notion of having your muse was not something that was built for women originally. That's not to say women don't have muses. I get muses in terms of actors or writers who inspire me, so I understand the concept. ”

Now I would say I'm absolutely a feminist writer. ”

There are so many actresses I want to write for. I see them, and I think, 'Why is she not playing that lead? What's happened to that actress?' I think all I can do is to write parts for women, to say, 'Keep going, keep acting, because there are parts for you. There will be those plays.' ”

Splendour' broke through to new territory for me. It exposed my commitment to writing for women: my desire to recognise that they can be as aggressive, violent, mercurial, and complex as men. ”