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" Most of the shows I've worked on have aired three times and are in the dustbin of history. "

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" Production for movies or TV is very painstaking and slow. "

" To me, this is from a Buddhist perspective or whatever, sometimes people who are working out their political beliefs, they can rage against the man, and yet at the same time can be oblivious to their own way of stepping on the foot of the person right next to them. "

" People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there's a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write. "

" I do idiosyncratic dramedies. "

" I guess I'm trying to write stuff that I, as a viewer, would connect to. "

" I remember I grew up in Pasadena in a very, kind of, homogeneous, kind of, suburban existence and then I went to college at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. And there were all these, kind of, hipster New York kids who were so-called 'cultured' and had so much, you know, like knew all the references and, like, already had their look down. "

" As you get older, you realize just figuring out how to be nice to the people in your personal sphere is almost more challenging than trying to change the bigger culture. "

" What I find frustrating about scripted television is that it's rare that you are surprised by how you feel about the character, or how you feel about the show. "

" I think movie sets can often be stressful, and people take themselves very seriously. "

" You can come to a political position from an emotional place. "

" You feel a little weird, as a writer of scripted television for many years, to say you're a fan of reality TV. You feel like a traitor. But I am a total fan. "

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" I think there are certain ways that people are always themselves, but I do think people change. "

" The things that drive me crazy are coming from this place of people suffering because of people polluting into rivers or whatever. It's not simply just about systems; it's an emotional reaction to seeing animals or people suffering. "

" 'Girls' is a huge show, as far as buzz, and magazine covers, and getting a ton of copy, and awards. And yet I don't think the viewership is huge. "

" From my experience, meditating can bring up the most stressful thoughts. "

" A flower doesn't love you or hate you, it just exists. "

" I think I'm more of an absurdist than a satirist. I think I'm more of a - humanist? I hate to say it! "

" I find as a viewer, when I go to see comedies, the strain to be funny throughout the whole thing. I start to lose my sense of reality, and it ends up feeling like an empty experience; there's funny stuff in it but I've lost the emotional connection to the characters because it's just so bananas. "

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" I grew up in a religious family, and we weren't allowed to listen to rock music. "

" If I have a male protagonist, it's a studio movie, and if it's a female protagonist, it's an indie movie. That's just how it is. It's not about the studios. It's about America and who goes to see movies. Women are interested in men and women, and men aren't interested in the woman's story. They just aren't. "

" It's fun as a creator to make something that allows multiple interpretations. "

" There's something very touching to me about someone almost communicating to themselves in some way - trying to come to some deeper understanding of yourself and having compassion for yourself. "

" My whole life I've been a seeker, searching for something. "

" I don't even give my scripts to friends because I just feel it's, like, I don't need one more set of opinions. "

" As an actor and a writer, the anxiety about doing TV is that you start to feel like you get married to one tone or one kind of idea and you feel like you want to be able to express a lot of different things. "

" It's always interesting to challenge yourself to say, 'Is this the best you can do?' "

" There are life lessons that can be derived from reality television. "