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" My father used to say to me, 'The only limit to your success is your own imagination.' I actually believed that - like, I'm still coming to terms with the fact that I might not be an Olympic figure skater. "

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" I've learned this is a very long marriage doing a television show. I like the people that I work with to be people I enjoy, so you want to cast people who are as excited and enthusiastic as you are. "

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" My philosophy was always try to look like Whitney Houston at all times. That did not work out so well. "

" I'm not a person who's interested in getting involved with politics just to get involved with them, and I don't need to. "

" 'Grey's' has this universal, global thing to it. It works all over the world. "

" No matter how you feel about social media, you can't deny the giant that is Facebook. "

" There's always women of many different races on my shows, and there are always women who look many different ways, but there is still a size thing in this industry. It's hard. I mean to have to say, 'I want a larger woman to be an actor on my shows.' Or, 'Find me a larger woman,' is almost insulting to me. "

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" I have all these friends who just love therapy, and I always say the reason that I'm absolutely not in therapy is because then I wouldn't have anything to write. "

" Shondaland is my company. I run that mother. I am in charge. I am the leader. It's fantastic. It's also really hard. As it should be. "

" When people show you who they are, believe them. I carry that with me a lot. It has served me well. "

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" People expect me to be, first and foremost, a storyteller. I lead by telling stories. "

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" Disney has made $2 billion on 'Grey's Anatomy.' I don't have $2 billion. "

" No one's body is up for comment. No matter how small, how curvy, how round, how flat. If you love you, then I love you. "

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" I have so much going on inside my head in terms of writing, there's such a large space in my life taken up by that. I can't imagine it being taken up by a husband and children and writing, and everything getting its due. I don't believe there is room for all of it. I really don't. "

" For me, beauty is me at the top of my game, going as hard as I can, without fear of what anyone else thinks. Believing in yourself when nobody else is believing in you is half the battle about anything. "

" I actually like being alone. I spend most evenings reading and taking long baths. "

" I don't get to watch a lot of TV, mainly because I'm busy working. And I pretty much try not to watch very much television at all, even American television, until I'm done with a season, because things start to creep into my head otherwise. "

" Why should I dislike anything about my appearance? I came off the factory line this way. I am perfect. "

" After I lost weight, I discovered that people found me valuable. Worthy of conversation. A person one could look at. A person one could compliment. A person one could admire. A person. "

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" I want to be able to sing like Whitney Houston did. "

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" Let's be honest: I call myself a titan. I've got issues. "

" There are stories to be told that are still untold and characters to be portrayed that haven't been portrayed correctly. So there's work to be done. "

" I don't think of myself as a television producer. Obviously, that's crazy. Because I should. That's what I do. But I don't actually see that as my job. It's why my business cards say 'storyteller.' "

" I do say all I've ever written about is being alone. And most people take that as, 'Oh, that's so sad.' And I always say, 'No. No, all I ever write about is being alone, and sometimes that's a beautiful, beautiful thing.' "

" I've been a writer since I was a kid. I've been a writer since I was, you know, dictating stories into a tape deck and trying to get my mom to type them up - when I was really, really little. "

" I don't know why people don't feel like being positive is much more powerful than being negative. "

" I think any time you allow someone to see themselves reflected in another person on screen, there's validation there. It's hard to feel strong and sure of yourself when you're 15, but if you can turn on your television or computer and see someone who makes you feel like, 'I can be that strong...' there's validation there. "

" I don't read work emails after 7 P.M. or on weekends. "

" If we're not shooting, if we're not filming, if you're not standing on the soundstage, turn off your phone and go live your life. "

" What's great about Netflix is that everything is kind of instantaneous, and it goes around the world instantly. Everything is released at once. The format can be a little bit whatever you want. "

" When you help make people healthier, it makes the nation healthier; it makes the world healthier. It makes the economy healthier. "