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" Everyone - male and female - is biased. But no one wants to admit it, so our brains search for examples that disprove the accusation. "

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" I turned 40, and things started to go south. "

" For me, TV had always been a medium for entertainment. "

" When you start a memoir, you think, 'I'm going to blast all the people who were mean to me.' And then you start writing, and you go, actually, it's so much more fun to say nice things about people who were kind and generous to you. "

" I loved working on 'Murphy Brown,' and I loved working on 'Monk.' "

" There have always been women who were successful against the odds. Now we need to change the odds so more women can be successful. "

" Constant exercise can keep the body trim and taut, but the face is another thing. "

" There have been many great newspapermen, but to my mind, only two have achieved immortality: Pulitzer for his endowment and William Randolph Hearst for his castle. "

" My criticisms of late-night TV blew up some old friendships and sparked some new ones. "

" I'm such an admirer of Wendy Davis. "

" People say, 'Dress for the job you want,' and since I wanted a job that guys had, I dressed like a guy. "

" When I write, I feel like an optometrist, constantly flipping between lenses and asking, 'Is this better? Is this?' Slowly, the work comes into focus. "

" Moms Mabley blazed a path for female stand-ups in a housecoat and floppy hat. Phyllis Diller worked equally hard to make herself unattractive to men and non-threatening to women. "

" I'm a little sad that they actually came up with the metaphor of waves for feminism. By definition, a wave goes in, and it comes out. I would really like it to be a tsunami that creates a flood that forever changes the landscape. "

" Like leggings, comedies created by women came into vogue in the late 1980s, exploded in the early '90s, went mainstream in the mid-'90s, and were shoved into the back of the closet around 1997. "

" The average career span for a TV writer is 11 years. The only other thing I could find that had the same career span was a police dog. "

" I'm both an insider and an outsider. "

" I think, in all fields, there's this motherhood pay penalty where, the second you become a mother - and this is true whether you give birth or adopt - you're perceived to not be as committed to your job. Whereas men are perceived as breadwinners who now need more money and promotions because they're fathers. "

" One of the great things about being in entertainment is you have access to the media. People pay attention to you. "

" Broad City's first season is full of moments that are insane... and yet make total sense. "

" I think it's an uphill battle in every field. You hear late-night comedy is hard on women. And then you hear investment banking is hard on women. And tech is hard on women. And then you start digging, and you learn philosophy departments are hard on women! "

" Retaining a child-like sense of wonder is a boon for creative types like Steven Spielberg and J. K. Rowling. "

" It's notoriously difficult to get actors to go on record speaking about other actors. Such requests are usually met with terse replies from publicists explaining that their clients are on set and too busy to reply. "

" Garry Shandling's stand-up specials were masterpieces of tightly crafted stories that delivered both hard jokes and hard truths. He was neurotic and self-deprecating, and his observations on life cut deep. "

" My first joke that ever aired on 'Late Night' was for a list of 'Top 10 Least Popular Summer Camps.' My contribution - 'Camp Tick in beautiful Lyme, Connecticut' - squeaked in at No. 10. Like a trip to Camp Tick, my time at 'Late Night' faded into memory like a short session at a dicey summer camp. "

" Moral licensing comes into play when people rely on past behavior to dismiss current prejudiced behavior. This is better known as the 'Some of my best friends are...' defense. "

" An ocean of ink - real and virtual - has been spilled critiquing the appearance of female politicians. "

" In over thirty years working in TV and movies, I've never had an exit interview or contributed to a 360 assessment. "