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Have you ever heard the expression: Walk a mile in my shoes, and then judge me? And write your own books. ”
Everything that we used to think got taught at home now seemingly has to be taught in the public school system, and something is going to get lost in the process. ”
Love is itself an expression of strength. ”
Creativity was born out of necessity because I didn't have many things to play with. ”
A writer loses possession of her work as soon as it's reaches its audience. Each reader brings his own experience and prejudice and imagination to the work. Television adaptation just goes one step further, and the novelist has to learn to let go. ”
My process seems to be unusual in the sense that I don't create worlds before characters. With me, character is king. ”
Everyone who comes to my show has their own struggles. There's so many people dealing with so many things; I love that I get to be part of their healing process by making them laugh. ”
Not exactly but I get inspiration from stories which are unconventional. ”
A huge part of my identity is being a woman, and that's really important for me, and that's a big part of my self-expression, so I think it's really interesting sort of exploring what it means if someone doesn't have that. ”
For me, the audition is always the hardest part of the whole process. Once you get on set, once you're in costume, you're with the director, it's so much easier to get in the headspace. ”