I'm Named After Jane Austen's Emma, And

People Move Around So Much In The World, Things Get Lost.

You Cannot Predict Literary Success; The Only Way You Can Possibly Aim For It Is To Do Your Thing And Do It Well.

I Wrote The Novel [room], And Then I Thought, "this Could Work On Film, And I Want To Be The One To Do It." So I Went Ahead And Drafted It.

What's Crucial About Being An Executive Producer Is That You Stay In The Loop, Information-wise. They Have To Share All Their Major Decisions With You.

I'm Really Aware That In Fiction, Women Are Pretty Much Equal. There's A Lot Of Very Successful Women Novelists. Not So Much [for Women Writers Working] In Film.