Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I just kind of like to feel myself into stuff by writing scenes and seeing what characters end up saying.

I don't think you can be a good actor and want to please, because so much about performing and acting is surprising people.

I feel liberated being around women who are liberated.

I think audiences can feel when they're being served a filler episode.

I wanted to give people that feeling of wanting to hug the TV and just admit that you're unhappy.

We're just so self-conscious. However much we try not to be, on some level, especially as a woman and an actress, you have so much pressure when it comes your hair and the bags under your eyes and your skin.

People are always trying to be on top. And not always with a macabre agenda, but I think that people are desperately trying to remain in control, rather than being honest.

The element of surprise is the most important thing and what keeps me interested in writing. I can feel it if I've written that predictable or boring line, and I will carry that around with me all day.

I'm obsessed with audiences and obsessed with the journey that an audience goes on.

Transparent' was huge for me when I first saw it. I felt that, from an authorial point of view, no one was trying to sell characters to us, you know? It's the idea of not having to adore these characters and want to cuddle them; you just have to be into them and their psychology and be compelled by them.

I really, really wanted to write about just female relationships with other females and things.

I just find all that stuff incredibly funny. I love a fart. I'd do anything for a good poo story.