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

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" One of the most rebellious things a woman can do is allow people to think she's mean. "

" 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. "

" In TV, you look to make characters consistent, but in real life, we're not consistent. Sometimes we're brave, and sometimes we're not. Sometimes we're very aggressive, and sometimes we back right down. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I'm both an insider and an outsider. "

" Even when powerful men stumble, they inspire fear. "

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

" Smash together the Grammys, Oscars, Emmys, and Tonys, and you get the Green Room at the Kennedy Center Honors. "

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

" Hated 'The Imitation Game.' Totally inaccurate. A gay man with a messy room? Don't buy it. "

" The creative process is often wrapped up in bottomless anxiety, and when the world applauds the product of that process, it soothes the anxiety. Briefly. Then the anxiety returns and even intensifies. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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