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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. "

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" The Pulitzer Prize was established when Joseph Pulitzer died in 1911, leaving a bequest to create the eponymous award. An immigrant from Hungary, Pulitzer struck it rich by combining the 'St. Louis Post' and the 'St. Louis Dispatch' to make the - wait for it - 'St. Louis Post-Dispatch.' "

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

" 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. "

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

" Writing for TV made way more sense than writing for magazines. And by sense, I mean money. "

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

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

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

" Give me a rock, and I will roll it. "

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

" An executive producer with an all-male writing staff once inadvertently revealed his deep, dark fear. While discussing a full-time position for me, he mused out loud, 'I wonder if having a woman in the room will change everything.' Of course, what he really meant was: 'I wonder if having a woman in the room will change me.' "

" The average career span for a TV writer is 11 years. The only other thing I could find that had the same career span was a police dog. "

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

" People say, 'Dress for the job you want,' and since I wanted a job that guys had, I dressed like a guy. "

" Misogyny - and racism - are 'hidden in plain sight,' and the burden of eliminating them should fall on the institutions, not the victims. "

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

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

" I was the second female writer ever hired at 'Late Night.' When I applied for the job in 1988, I had no way of knowing how much the odds were stacked against me. "

" The vocabulary of my cynical world doesn't allow me to explain the success of 'Lean In.' "

" In her darkest hours, Diana, Princess of Wales, could have used a friend like Empress Elisabeth of Austria. The two lived similar lives, a century apart. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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've been speaking out about harassment and gender disparity for years. "

" Howard Dean is no longer the brilliant mastermind of the Fifty State Strategy that enabled the Democrats to storm the White House and Congress. He's the idiot wearing an ugly sweatshirt. "

" Blondness is a core Trump-family value: Both Donald Jr. and Eric got the memo and married blondes. "