63 Quotes by Callie Khouri

I like writing flawed women, and being one, it's something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.

Movie studios are owned by giant corporations. They care about money; they don't care about movies.

Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.

There are so many screenwriters with incredible stories to tell, so I hope there will be some kind of shift in the business where very few types of movies are now made by the studios. There needs to be different budgets for different audiences; not everything having to be a huge opening weekend.

You're allowed to make things for women on television, and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.' It's like... I don't think you want to hear my opinion about this.

I didn't think of 'Thelma and Louise' as a feminist movie.

I think of feminism as more of a political ideology.

When people know I wrote 'Thelma and Louise,' they don't want to mess with me.

I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.