It was enormously challenging because you want that all-American girl, but you also want the cool WASP, privileged white girl. Usually, women in that package aren't funny.

There's more to us than the moment we made a bad decision.

First of all, I find everything funny, which is upsetting to my children sometimes, and to people in my life, in general.

But, I like the challenge of, "How can we stretch this out? Where can we go with it?" It's an open road, especially at Netflix. You can take it anywhere you want.

I'm always looking for a nexus, where you can put all these diverse people together, see how they respond to one another, see what they learn about each other, and what they like and don't like.

Business or profession?''I guess you'd call me a writer.'No profession, ' said the police car, as if talking to itself. The light held him fixed, like a museum specimen, needle thrust through chest.

When you live countless stories in which you play a sedentary role, it's an odd feeling to switch stories.

Experience alone isn’t a good enough teacher – evaluated experience is.

If you believe Life is sacred, you must also believe unnecessary killing is sacrilege.

Strategy is about heading North while keeping an eye on the South.

The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination.

Our sins, when laid upon Christ, were yet personally ours, not his; so his righteousness, when put upon us, is yet personally his, not ours.

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.