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" 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. "

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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. "

Nell Scovell

Purpose

Humanity

Value

" 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. "

" My first joke that ever aired on 'Late Night' was for a list of 'Top 10 Least Popular Summer Camps.' My contribution - 'Camp Tick in beautiful Lyme, Connecticut' - squeaked in at No. 10. Like a trip to Camp Tick, my time at 'Late Night' faded into memory like a short session at a dicey summer camp. "

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

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

" 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

" 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! "

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

" 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. "

" Constant exercise can keep the body trim and taut, but the face is another thing. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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'm a little sad that they actually came up with the metaphor of waves for feminism. By definition, a wave goes in, and it comes out. I would really like it to be a tsunami that creates a flood that forever changes the landscape. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

Nell Scovell

See

Inclusion

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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