Elizabeth Berg Quotes

It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.

Having a female point of view in the room - when you get into a discussion about behavior - who would say what and how they would interact with one another. In certain situations, women are going to have a different opinion on that than men. It made for a really balanced conversation in the room.

The man's world must become a man's and a woman's world. Why are we afraid?

My only concern is that the L.A. Times opinion pages, unfortunately like too many in this country, are dominated by men, and I'd like to see that change.

I had both male and female heroes.

To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'.

I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.

I know if I was a woman I wouldn't want to be a member of an organization that's mostly men.

I think the goal is parity: I try to be pro-woman without being anti-man, and I hope and wish that men could do the same in that when they look at the screenplay, they say, 'Wait, wait, wait - is my daughter represented here, is my wife represented here? Is my sister represented?'

It's not just about casting female protagonists. It's gotta be across the board throughout the industry.

It was really unusual that the crews on 'Spooks' were a real mix of men and women, and you'd struggle to see many women with parts that weren't cliched back in the late '90s.

I'm the only female producer on Impact, and they're very supportive, the men.

If a company want to cast its net widely, they will absolutely find qualified women. I don't really think there are any real barriers to that.

Many businesses understand the advantages of gender parity.

When I first started at Sirius, I was the only woman on the whole station.

When I joined there was probably one woman in the CID office and one in the crime squad and just two of us on a team of about 40 or 50 people.

When I was driving the simulator, out of the three engineers I worked with one was a woman. So it was very difficult for me to turn around and tell people that I worked in a male-dominated environment, because it wasn't.

You've got to support male stories and healthy male relationships and things. You can't just be a woman that is only want to support female stories or a guy that's only wanting to support guy stories. It needs to all mix again.

Some tournaments wouldn't work as men's and women's event but others would.

To address what seems like an endless cycle of gender inequity in media, I believe we need to think beyond what our industry has already tried to do through mentorships and internships. We need to stop talking and start moving the needle, and one solution is to simply give women jobs.

If you look around Booking.com, it's a very gender-balanced company.

I've come to realize that, basically all my bosses and supervisors throughout my career have been male. And I've had great experiences, but it's made me appreciate the importance of diversity and inclusion.

There's no excuse for panel games, other TV comedy shows, or even live bills to be made up mainly of men.

I hate that we're always called "the all-female Ghostbusters," because you wouldn't refer to the original as "the all-male Ghostbusters."

Some of my best men are women!