Betsy Beers

The goal for Shondaland is to continue to make very good shows that we're proud of when they're ready. ”

Your structure and format may not be perfect, and you may not have picked the perfect franchise, but if I pick up a script, and the characters are real, whole, complicated and come from a place of somebody who really is feeling it, that's what people remember. ”

I obsess over places I will never live and restaurants at which I aspire to eat. ”

As much as I was encouraged by the number of female-centric shows being bandied about, it feels like we're being treated like a trend or a quota to be filled. ”

Being a little bit of a movie buff, the fact that I'm working in the middle of movie history is incredible. ”

I swear like a trucker when I'm excited. ”

I'm not interested in overexpanding rapidly for expansion's sake. ”

I spent the better part of my developing years in Massachusetts. ”

Sometimes, I cry because I'm sad, and sometimes, I cry just because it's just emotional and it's super awesome. ”

Write what you really care about. Write what you want to say because that is the experience that always rates as genuine on the page. ”