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" I realize that 'hire qualified women!' is the sort of outraged demand that's often met with a sigh. No one disagrees, and yet gender inequality in high-paying positions extends into all professions. "

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" 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. "

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Clients

" We have so many great memoirs from women in front of the camera, from Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, and Amy Schumer. "

" Hollywood is hard on everyone, but it really is harder on women and people of color. "

" Like Lindsay Lohan and Lauren Conrad, Barack Obama is addicted to his BlackBerry. "

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Barack Obama

Blackberry

" Writing is not what you start. It's not even what you finish. It's what you start, finish, and put out there for the world to see. "

" Give me a rock, and I will roll it. "

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Give

Give Me

" Studies do show that in hierarchical structures, you do get more harassment. There's more power concentrated at the top, which means there's more abuse of power concentrated at the top. And every TV show is very much a hierarchy. "

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

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

Nell Scovell

South

Turned

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

" 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. "

" Feminists cried, 'Sexism!' when New York Senator Hillary Clinton was judged not by the content of her character but by the color of her pantsuits. "

" 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. "

Nell Scovell

Now

Gender

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

" You don't have to let a bad experience stop you from doing what you want to do. "

" 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. "

" I'd like to see David Letterman adopt the inclusion rider on his Netflix show. "

Nell Scovell

See

Inclusion

" The first Emmys I went to was in 1990 when the five nominees for best comedy were 'Designing Women,' 'Golden Girls,' 'Murphy Brown,' 'Cheers,' 'Wonder Years.' Three and a half were created by women. "

" I'm on the board of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, which is run by Dr. Stacy Smith - she conceived of the inclusion rider. What I love about the inclusion rider is it uses the fact that Hollywood is based on hierarchies, and it knows that these key players have persuasive power. "

" I think I'm funnier in my writing than in person. "

" I traveled to Israel in a small party assembled by Marty Peretz, the editor-in-chief of 'The New Republic.' Other guests included Senator Al Gore and his wife, Tipper. Like every tourist group, we climbed Masada, floated in the Dead Sea, and visited a kibbutz. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

Nell Scovell

World

Process

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

Nell Scovell

The Simpsons

Written

" Early on in my career, I was often the only woman in the room, writing for shows like 'Late Night with David Letterman,' 'The Simpsons,' 'Newhart,' and 'Coach,' and sometimes I'd feel like I didn't belong. "

" Misogyny - and racism - are 'hidden in plain sight,' and the burden of eliminating them should fall on the institutions, not the victims. "

" The vocabulary of my cynical world doesn't allow me to explain the success of 'Lean In.' "