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" One of the greatest benefits to come out of 'Lean In' was convincing women to help and support other women - not out of this sense of duty and that you'd be condemned to hell forever if you didn't, but because it will make all your lives better. "

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" 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. "

Nell Scovell

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" 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

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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. "

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

" In March 2010, I attended an art opening for Kimberly Brooks's show 'The Stylist Project' in Los Angeles. It was a starry celebration hosted by Dior and 'Vanity Fair' to benefit P.S. Arts. But even as fun-to-gape-at actresses like Christina Hendricks arrived, I couldn't take my eyes off the oil portraits. "

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

" Once, after a long week, I felt so insecure that I decided to make a list of people who thought I was funny even if I didn't think I was. At the top of the list, I wrote, 'Garry Shandling.' His early praise protected me like a comedy-writer version of Harry Potter's scar. "

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

" I learned not to get too happy about good news or too distraught about bad. "

" At 26, I was single, living in Manhattan, and working as a journalist at 'Vanity Fair.' I was Carrie Bradshaw... in sensible shoes. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" When you start a memoir, you think, 'I'm going to blast all the people who were mean to me.' And then you start writing, and you go, actually, it's so much more fun to say nice things about people who were kind and generous to you. "

Nell Scovell

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

" I think it's an uphill battle in every field. You hear late-night comedy is hard on women. And then you hear investment banking is hard on women. And tech is hard on women. And then you start digging, and you learn philosophy departments are hard on women! "

" I think empathy is undervalued in a lot of these comedy writers' rooms. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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