Nell Scovell Quotes
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Hollywood is built on relationships, and the way you keep relationships is by playing nice.
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Trump Tower is no ordinary property: It is the jewel in Donald Trump's brass crown.
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One of the greatest benefits to come out of 'Lean In' was convincing women to help and support other women - not out of this sense of duty and that you'd be condemned to hell forever if you didn't, but because it will make all your lives better.
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Arts are a luxury, proof that a civilization has risen above 'politics and war.'
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Hated 'The Imitation Game.' Totally inaccurate. A gay man with a messy room? Don't buy it.
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Even when powerful men stumble, they inspire fear.
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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.
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My criticisms of late-night TV blew up some old friendships and sparked some new ones.
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For me, TV had always been a medium for entertainment.
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Given the long history of global anti-Semitism and continued calls for the destruction of Israel, it's tough to be a Jew.
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Writing is not what you start. It's not even what you finish. It's what you start, finish, and put out there for the world to see.
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I have a husband who didn't just resign himself to staying home but was happy to be the primary parent.
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Like leggings, comedies created by women came into vogue in the late 1980s, exploded in the early '90s, went mainstream in the mid-'90s, and were shoved into the back of the closet around 1997.
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Feminists cried, 'Sexism!' when New York Senator Hillary Clinton was judged not by the content of her character but by the color of her pantsuits.
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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.
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In the writers' room, I know the difference when someone brushes up against me and makes a sexist crack and when they've stepped over the line and made me feel uncomfortable and unsafe.
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I was the second female writer ever hired at 'Late Night.' When I applied for the job in 1988, I had no way of knowing how much the odds were stacked against me.
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Broad City's first season is full of moments that are insane... and yet make total sense.
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I turned 40, and things started to go south.
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The desire to keep doing what we love supersedes the desire to penalize bad behavior.
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Moral licensing comes into play when people rely on past behavior to dismiss current prejudiced behavior. This is better known as the 'Some of my best friends are...' defense.
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When I write, I feel like an optometrist, constantly flipping between lenses and asking, 'Is this better? Is this?' Slowly, the work comes into focus.
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Give me a rock, and I will roll it.
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The first Emmys I went to was in 1990 when the five nominees for best comedy were 'Designing Women,' 'Golden Girls,' 'Murphy Brown,' 'Cheers,' 'Wonder Years.' Three and a half were created by women.