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" I've seen 'Bring It On,' like, a thousand times. "

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" Everything that makes us who we are is A-O.K. "

" I didn't set out to write some female-empowering movie; I just wanted to write a funny college comedy. "

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" Second City Las Vegas is very different from Second City in Chicago on the main stage, where they do improv sets. That's how they kind of hone material, kind of work up to new material. "

" I was like, 'I have to start writing for myself, to show people what I can do and what my point of view is.' "

" There's still only maybe three female writers or two female writers to 10 guys in any kind of writer's room. "

" Tell your daughters and their daughters that if they want to be a firewoman, they can be a firewoman. If they want to be an astronaut, they can be an astronaut. If they want to run their own business or run for president, they can do whatever they put their mind to. "

" On '30 Rock,' the hours were really intense, and I was often on set. I'm glad I didn't have a kid then because I don't think I would have ever seen her. I would work 15-hour days, and weekends, too. "

" We have a lot of depressed people in the world because they don't know what their purpose is in life. "

" Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, they made it cool to be funny and to be embarrassed and to look a thousand different ways and show a bunch of different areas of their lives. "

" It's not about having luck; it's about putting yourself in a position of luck. "

" Ultimately, I want to direct a movie, so that's another thing, too, where I wonder what that will look like and how will I be able to manage. "

" I started writing when I was trying to be an actor, and I happened to be friends with Tina Fey, who happened to have her show '30 Rock' coming out. So Tina, who happens to be a mentor to me, gave me my slot and hired me. "

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" 'Hot Pursuit,' 'Pitch Perfect 2,' 'Trainwreck,' and 'Spy' were all being done in the last year. All four of those movies I just mentioned are not rom-coms: they're all about women doing different things. "

" Society has this deeply rooted love of seeing women fail. "

" I was an athlete, so I have kind of an athletic sensibility towards writing. I can work for many long hours without fatiguing. "

" I played volleyball and basketball, and I did track and volleyball in college. "

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" 'Pitch Perfect' was my first screenplay, so it was like my little baby. "

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" We're big 'Game of Thrones' fans, so we call our house King's Landing. I have a studio apartment above our garage that we call Winterfell. I go to Winterfell to write. "

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" I have to say, my husband is a big Patriots fan. Like, a huge Patriots fan. "

" I loved all the people involved with '30 Rock.' "

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" I've got to literally write my own ticket. "