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

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

" The desire to keep doing what we love supersedes the desire to penalize bad behavior. "

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" Broad City's first season is full of moments that are insane... and yet make total sense. "

" An ocean of ink - real and virtual - has been spilled critiquing the appearance of female politicians. "

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

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

" When threatened, the nervous system sometimes goes into a 'freeze response.' You assess the risk and determine that fight or flight doesn't help you. Staying put does. "

" Writing is not what you start. It's not even what you finish. It's what you start, finish, and put out there for the world to see. "

" I think I'm funnier in my writing than in person. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" If necessity is the mother of invention, urgency is the uncle of change. Without it, progress slows and then stops and then reverses. "

" 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. "

" You want a diverse writers' room, not because it's the fair thing to do or the right thing to do, but because it's the best thing to do for your show. I've seen that to be true. "

" 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. "

" For thirty years, I've been hearing that it's getting better for women. And until I see statistical proof over enough years that that's true, I won't believe it. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I've worked on over twenty TV staffs, and nine out of ten male colleagues are wonderful, inclusive, and professional. Still, there's usually one guy - the Tenth Man - who turns a fun job into a dental appointment. "

" 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.' "

" We have so many great memoirs from women in front of the camera, from Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, and Amy Schumer. "

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

" 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. "

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