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" Hated 'The Imitation Game.' Totally inaccurate. A gay man with a messy room? Don't buy it. "

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" Trump Tower is no ordinary property: It is the jewel in Donald Trump's brass crown. "

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

" The creative process is often wrapped up in bottomless anxiety, and when the world applauds the product of that process, it soothes the anxiety. Briefly. Then the anxiety returns and even intensifies. "

" If I were to write a sequel to 'Lean In' for men, I would call it 'Make Room.' "

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

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

" Jenny McCarthy has used her celebrity and sex appeal to attract attention to autism. And while no one questions McCarthy's determination and passion, many scientists have debunked her anti-vaccine message and her claims that a gluten-free diet can provide a cure. "

" The Kennedy Center Honors reflects our humanity and higher purpose. We are a great nation, in part, because we value culture. "

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

" Making someone laugh is the simplest, most basic positive human connection. "

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

" To be happy about the fall of one powerful man is to know there are another 10 that need to follow. "

" Hollywood is built on relationships, and the way you keep relationships is by playing nice. "

" If women who don't help women get a special circle in hell, I think women who do help women should get a special cloud in heaven. "

" An executive producer with an all-male writing staff once inadvertently revealed his deep, dark fear. While discussing a full-time position for me, he mused out loud, 'I wonder if having a woman in the room will change everything.' Of course, what he really meant was: 'I wonder if having a woman in the room will change me.' "

" 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. "

" When threatened, the nervous system sometimes goes into a 'freeze response.' You assess the risk and determine that fight or flight doesn't help you. Staying put does. "

" I was ahead of the gender curve, but I wasn't ahead of the intersectionality curve, and I get it now. It's important to me. "

" Sensitivity training is a fine idea but isn't taken seriously by those who need it most. "

" The more successful you are as a man, the more you're liked. And the more successful you are as a woman, the more you're disliked. "

" When blue-eyed Donald Trump married hazel-eyed Ivana Zelnickova, he probably figured his broad-shouldered DNA would dominate her girly alleles. But genetics played a cruel trick on Trump: Of the couple's three children, only the youngest, Eric, wound up with his father's fishy blue eyes. "

" Given the long history of global anti-Semitism and continued calls for the destruction of Israel, it's tough to be a Jew. "

" Together, we must all remember that one of the most effective responses to hate speech is more speech. "

" In Hollywood, you kind of trick yourself into feeling like you have impact. "

" You want a diverse writers' room, not because it's the fair thing to do or the right thing to do, but because it's the best thing to do for your show. I've seen that to be true. "

" Male writers don't want to be judged in the room. They want to be able to scarf an entire bag of potato chips while cracking fart jokes and making lewd comments without fear of feminine disapproval. But we're your co-workers, not your wives. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I fantasize about the networks making a rule that each show's writing staff needs to reflect the gender and racial makeup of its audience. "

" By June 1990, I'd racked up 'written by' credits on both 'Newhart' and 'The Simpsons.' "