QUOTES

The older I get the more laid back I am about whatever happens, happens.

You can be a sophisticated person and still have really old ideas about what love is supposed to look like.

Not proud. But I watched 'The Bachelor' only once, and I really felt, after that experience, that I could never do it again. I felt it was so morally compromising, as a woman.

Women want to watch the dark stuff.

The best feeling you can ever have when you're working on a show is that the characters are still inside you, and they have a lot left to do.

The truth is there's a difference between the competition shows where you're testing skills and the type of shows where you're trying to create drama.

I thought about being an actor, and I thought about directing, but writing truly became something I needed to do just to stay sane.

I love being in a public space where teenagers are talking. And the funny thing is that it hasn't changed that much. There's certainly slang that I'm not familiar with, but among the average teen, it's still the same.

I certainly often go to a movie and don't remember exactly what the trailer had in it, except that it looked cool.

The dream of doing what I do started with watching movies by Mr. Spielberg, like 'Close Encounters,' 'Poltergeist,' and 'E.T.' That was the beginning of my obsession.

I'm such a type A doer myself that if someone said I had a month off, I think I'd go crazy and try to organize the vacation resort!

On 'Sex and The City', when Carrie talked about money problems, I would always think, 'Sell your shoes!'

'Just' writing is every bit as important as any other creative part of a film.

Too many people will die needlessly if we go back to letting people buy junk insurance or insurance that doesn't help people with diseases related to mental illness.

Scenes on phones are really boring!

I think we're in a time when people are much more interested in a show than where you find it.

I love characters who are really dedicated to a really bad plan.

When people are like, ''UnREAL' is so dark,' I'm like, 'Hahahahahahahahahaha! Wait 'til you get to 'Sharp Objects.''

Eating disorders are A) not fun at parties, and B) they're not very fun in movies.

I think my biggest problem as a creative person trying to work within a business for profit was that it was very important to me that people liked me. Over the years, observing other showrunners who made work that I so admired, I realized that that had to go. This couldn't be my first priority. My first priority had to be the work.

I had been anorexic for about five years. And I was really sick. I probably weighed about 70 pounds.

I know a lot about words. I get paid to write stories, so I get to talk with people about the meaning behind words all day.

I've grown and changed, and I'm still making television and movies that I feel really proud of.

There are certain shows or people that I would love to work with. One of the greatest things about our business is that if you get to fan out on people you might actually get to meet.

There's a brain chemistry - the floatiness and the disassociation and all the things that came with starving - I became addicted to.

I'm lucky to be alive. It's a blessing to tell my story, you know.

I'm pretty proud of my pie crust. I think I've finally learned how to manhandle it just enough.

There's no shape or body type that makes you more happy or more lovable. It's the body you're comfortable in that makes you happier and more lovable. I look around and see how women and men of all types find the love and the life they want.

I digested this value system that told me there was no one for me unless I reached a certain type of perfection. And as you get older, you realize that ideal is constantly changing.

Being an aging woman in Hollywood is no picnic.