Words matter. These are the best Nell Scovell Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Retaining a child-like sense of wonder is a boon for creative types like Steven Spielberg and J. K. Rowling.
Howard Dean is no longer the brilliant mastermind of the Fifty State Strategy that enabled the Democrats to storm the White House and Congress. He’s the idiot wearing an ugly sweatshirt.
Garry Shandling’s stand-up specials were masterpieces of tightly crafted stories that delivered both hard jokes and hard truths. He was neurotic and self-deprecating, and his observations on life cut deep.
Trump Tower is no ordinary property: It is the jewel in Donald Trump’s brass crown.
I’m both an insider and an outsider.
By June 1990, I’d racked up ‘written by’ credits on both ‘Newhart’ and ‘The Simpsons.’
Unfortunately, my system for tracking down funny female writers isn’t methodical. It’s mainly based on word-of-mouth, which can cast a limited net.
Given the long history of global anti-Semitism and continued calls for the destruction of Israel, it’s tough to be a Jew.
One of the most rebellious things a woman can do is allow people to think she’s mean.
There have always been women who were successful against the odds. Now we need to change the odds so more women can be successful.
Hollywood is hard on everyone, but it really is harder on women and people of color.
I traveled to Israel in a small party assembled by Marty Peretz, the editor-in-chief of ‘The New Republic.’ Other guests included Senator Al Gore and his wife, Tipper. Like every tourist group, we climbed Masada, floated in the Dead Sea, and visited a kibbutz.
There’s this perception that there’s a pipeline problem for women and people of color. I don’t buy into that. I think we have a broken doorbell problem, and there are plenty of women and people of color standing at the doorstep trying to get in the door, and nobody’s opening it.
In TV, you look to make characters consistent, but in real life, we’re not consistent. Sometimes we’re brave, and sometimes we’re not. Sometimes we’re very aggressive, and sometimes we back right down.
I’ve worked on over twenty TV staffs, and nine out of ten male colleagues are wonderful, inclusive, and professional. Still, there’s usually one guy – the Tenth Man – who turns a fun job into a dental appointment.
Hated ‘The Imitation Game.’ Totally inaccurate. A gay man with a messy room? Don’t buy it.
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.
Early on in my career, I was often the only woman in the room, writing for shows like ‘Late Night with David Letterman,’ ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Newhart,’ and ‘Coach,’ and sometimes I’d feel like I didn’t belong.
I’m such an admirer of Wendy Davis.
I’d like to see David Letterman adopt the inclusion rider on his Netflix show.
If I were to write a sequel to ‘Lean In’ for men, I would call it ‘Make Room.’
Blondness is a core Trump-family value: Both Donald Jr. and Eric got the memo and married blondes.
I learned not to get too happy about good news or too distraught about bad.
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.
I have a husband who didn’t just resign himself to staying home but was happy to be the primary parent.
I’m a little sad that they actually came up with the metaphor of waves for feminism. By definition, a wave goes in, and it comes out. I would really like it to be a tsunami that creates a flood that forever changes the landscape.
When blue-eyed Donald Trump married hazel-eyed Ivana Zelnickova, he probably figured his broad-shouldered DNA would dominate her girly alleles. But genetics played a cruel trick on Trump: Of the couple’s three children, only the youngest, Eric, wound up with his father’s fishy blue eyes.
The desire to keep doing what we love supersedes the desire to penalize bad behavior.
I turned 40, and things started to go south.
There have been many great newspapermen, but to my mind, only two have achieved immortality: Pulitzer for his endowment and William Randolph Hearst for his castle.
My criticisms of late-night TV blew up some old friendships and sparked some new ones.
In over thirty years working in TV and movies, I’ve never had an exit interview or contributed to a 360 assessment.
Making someone laugh is the simplest, most basic positive human connection.
To be happy about the fall of one powerful man is to know there are another 10 that need to follow.
Once, after a long week, I felt so insecure that I decided to make a list of people who thought I was funny even if I didn’t think I was. At the top of the list, I wrote, ‘Garry Shandling.’ His early praise protected me like a comedy-writer version of Harry Potter’s scar.
Jenny McCarthy has used her celebrity and sex appeal to attract attention to autism. And while no one questions McCarthy’s determination and passion, many scientists have debunked her anti-vaccine message and her claims that a gluten-free diet can provide a cure.
In her darkest hours, Diana, Princess of Wales, could have used a friend like Empress Elisabeth of Austria. The two lived similar lives, a century apart.
I realize that ‘hire qualified women!’ is the sort of outraged demand that’s often met with a sigh. No one disagrees, and yet gender inequality in high-paying positions extends into all professions.
The Pulitzer Prize was established when Joseph Pulitzer died in 1911, leaving a bequest to create the eponymous award. An immigrant from Hungary, Pulitzer struck it rich by combining the ‘St. Louis Post’ and the ‘St. Louis Dispatch’ to make the – wait for it – ‘St. Louis Post-Dispatch.’
I was ahead of the gender curve, but I wasn’t ahead of the intersectionality curve, and I get it now. It’s important to me.
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.
I’ve been speaking out about harassment and gender disparity for years.
Give me a rock, and I will roll it.
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.
