Anne Beatts Quotes

If you want to do something, try it! The worst anyone you ask for help can do is say no.

I just wanted to fit in as a teenager, but it was hopeless.

I was attracted to people who were funny because I wanted to be in that world.

There was this real fear in doing Square Pegs after getting such a fast ride to glory on Saturday Night Live. I was afraid that the word would be peaks early, fails to live up to promise.

If you want to write for T.V. and movies, you will be subjected to kind and unkind criticism. You had better get used to it and develop a shell.

In some ways, what I need is a wife.

The wonderful thing about Gilda Radner was that she was not a person who disappointed.

I was lucky that when Lorne Michaels came looking for women comedy writers, there werent too many in New York at the time. I was at the top of a very short list. I think that was all good fortune.