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" 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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Fun

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Nell Scovell

Give

Give Me

" 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. "

" I think, in all fields, there's this motherhood pay penalty where, the second you become a mother - and this is true whether you give birth or adopt - you're perceived to not be as committed to your job. Whereas men are perceived as breadwinners who now need more money and promotions because they're fathers. "

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

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

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

" Like leggings, comedies created by women came into vogue in the late 1980s, exploded in the early '90s, went mainstream in the mid-'90s, and were shoved into the back of the closet around 1997. "

" I'd like to see David Letterman adopt the inclusion rider on his Netflix show. "

Nell Scovell

See

Inclusion

" 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.' "

Nell Scovell

Fear

Writing

" The first Emmys I went to was in 1990 when the five nominees for best comedy were 'Designing Women,' 'Golden Girls,' 'Murphy Brown,' 'Cheers,' 'Wonder Years.' Three and a half were created by women. "

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

" 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. "

Nell Scovell

Thought

Funny

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

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

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

Nell Scovell

Sense

Money

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

" 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! "

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

" Sometimes, not knowing what you're doing allows you to do things you never knew you could do. "

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

" 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. "

" Garry Shandling's stand-up specials were masterpieces of tightly crafted stories that delivered both hard jokes and hard truths. He was neurotic and self-deprecating, and his observations on life cut deep. "

Nell Scovell

Deep

Jokes

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

" My criticisms of late-night TV blew up some old friendships and sparked some new ones. "

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

" 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. "