Ryan Murphy

When I started, you couldn't do anything. A gay person trying to write a gay character in 1998 - it was so difficult.

I'm fascinated by the whole clown phobia thing because I personally don't have it.

What I'm interested in doing now is to go and give voices that are not being heard a platform and to sort of bring people into people's homes that you think you may hate or despise.

I am not going to do anything unless I am afraid of it.

I lean into fear because I feel like that excites me as an artist.

Part of being an artist is being able to write about the world you live in and the times that you've been a part of.

I remember I always felt much more safe standing up on a chair and singing in front of my mother than I was in front of my father!

I'm very black and white about what I like or don't like, and I've always been that way.

Even though 'Glee' is sometimes a hard road, I am very excited about writing a multi-year arc.

I love Sarah Jessica Parker; I've worked with her. I think she's amazing... She's a great producer and has a great business acumen.

I love actors, but I really love actresses, and I really love actresses whose work touched and informed my coming-up years.

I love Olivia De Havilland. She is forever a lady.