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The pilot system in television is utterly broken. It's a huge waste of money. ”
After I graduated from Brandeis, I took all the money I had in the world, which was $5,000, and I made a short film. I made every mistake you could possibly make. It was a total disaster as a piece of work, and yet, you know, it was ambitious in some way. ”
Our founding fathers could not have foreseen that freedom of the press might eventually be threatened just as much by media consolidation as by government. ”
In fiction film, there are so many trappings - money, glory, champagne and supermodels - that attract the wolves. But in documentary film, there's none of that, so the wolves stay away. The only people who make docs are people who are curious about other people and just like making documentaries. ”
Do what you love and the money will follow. ”
The No. 1 issue with women in this country is jobs, and the No. 2 issue is our national security. So, economic security, national security and retirement security. ”
To get our economy back on track and keep it functioning properly without the problems of our financial institutions, we need reasonable regulations that will protect Main Street while at the same time allow Wall Street to do what it does best - make money for American investors. ”
I firmly believe that the most important feature of spending the people's money is complete transparency. ”
Congress, of course, is not bound to accept the president's budget figures, but the House has the sole power to appropriate funds for spending, and it is a duty that should not be ignored. ”
Small business owners that are female, that is their number one problem, is access to capital. ”