It's really hard to grow with another person.

When I graduated college I had a series of just humiliating jobs that I couldn't believe I was at.

I have to write people who feel honest but also push our cultural ball forward.

I never start anything with a really overt, political, or even exactly artistic mission statement.

It's interesting how we often can't see the ways in which we are being strong - like, you can't be aware of what you're doing that's tough and brave at the time that you're doing it because if you knew that it was brave, then you'd be scared.

I didn't have to wait six years to get my show on the air, worry that someone else had a similar idea, or wait around for notes that took my voice out of the show.

The parts I enjoy playing aren't really available to me. So I have to write them.

It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.

I love directing scenes that I'm not in because suddenly I really feel like a filmmaker which is a different thing.

I'm always having to be told to brush my hair.