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" Retaining a child-like sense of wonder is a boon for creative types like Steven Spielberg and J. K. Rowling. "

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

" Male writers don't want to be judged in the room. They want to be able to scarf an entire bag of potato chips while cracking fart jokes and making lewd comments without fear of feminine disapproval. But we're your co-workers, not your wives. "

" The focus on male politicians extends beyond clothes, legs, and pretty faces. It's hard to find an article about former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich that doesn't mention his mop. "

" 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. "

" I basically lived like a guy for, certainly, the first decade of my career, and I just wanted to blend in. "

" 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. "

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

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

" If I were to write a sequel to 'Lean In' for men, I would call it 'Make Room.' "

" 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. "

" Arts are a luxury, proof that a civilization has risen above 'politics and war.' "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" In the writers' room, I know the difference when someone brushes up against me and makes a sexist crack and when they've stepped over the line and made me feel uncomfortable and unsafe. "

" The more successful you are as a man, the more you're liked. And the more successful you are as a woman, the more you're disliked. "

" In over thirty years working in TV and movies, I've never had an exit interview or contributed to a 360 assessment. "

" 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. "

" Given the long history of global anti-Semitism and continued calls for the destruction of Israel, it's tough to be a Jew. "

" Albert Brooks. Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Larry David. The best comedic actors play broad and real simultaneously, coming across as both larger than life and all too human. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I have a husband who didn't just resign himself to staying home but was happy to be the primary parent. "

" When I write, I feel like an optometrist, constantly flipping between lenses and asking, 'Is this better? Is this?' Slowly, the work comes into focus. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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