Gail loved to talk about how stressed she was. She would do this thing where we’d be walking in the hallway, and suddenly she’d stop in her tracks, rub both of her temples with her...

I simply regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world created therein has different rules than my regular human world.

One good thing about New York is that most people function daily while in a low-grade depression. It’s not like if you’re in Los Angeles, where everyone’s so actively working on cheerfulness and mental and...

Sometimes you just have to put on lip gloss and pretend to be psyched.

One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about.

The expectation that TV women need to be more likeable than men is bullshit and in need of a change.

I think sometimes people think cheerful is a synonym for dumb, so no one is ever cheerful.

Nothing gives you confidence like being a member of a small, weirdly specific, hard-to-find demographic.

It’d be great to be so famous that if I murder someone, I will never, ever, ever serve any jail time, even if it’s totally obvious to everyone that I did it.

Oh my god, Rainn’s so horrible.” But Carell is just one of those infuriating, classy Jane Austen guys. Later I would privately theorize that he never involved himself in gossip because—and I am 99 percent...

Kid” in the Hall, without having to explain who they were. One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about....

Fat One” no matter how great he was, and even though they didn’t know at theirage that Lance Bass was gay outright, they sensed he’d make a better good friend and confidante. As for Justin...

They say the best revenge is living well. I say it’s acid in the face–who will love them now?

Holy shit, take that off, that looks terrible!” I owe it to you to give feedback like a cattle prod: painful but quick.

…write your own part. It is the only way I’ve gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands. It forces you to think about what...

My parents were supportive of my creativity but did not have a lot of patience for whimsy with zero production value. They had stuff to do.

..I find it incredible impossible not to cry when I hear Stevie Nicks’s “Landslide,” especially the lyric: “I’ve been afraid of changing, because I’ve built my life around you.” I think a good test to...

There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.

Die in a good way, obviously.

I don’t want to hear about the endless struggles to keep sex exciting, or the work it takes to plan a date night. I want to hear that you guys watch every episode of The...

It’s sort of my go-to stock image of my childhood, actually. I think it has something to do with knowing I’ll never be able to go back to that time that makes me cry every...

Later, when you’re grown up, you realize you never really get to hang out with your family. You pretty much have only eighteen years to spend with them full time, and that’s it.

I’m not talking about commitment to romantic relationships. I’m talking about commitment to things: houses, jobs, neighborhoods. Having a job that requires a contract. Paying a mortgage. I think when men hear that women want...

I think when men hear that women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that’s not it. It’s a commitment to not floating around anywhere. I want a guy...

Wow, Mindy, you really have it especially bad. I have heard some stories of stress, but this just takes the cake.

I really think guys only need two pairs of shoes. A nice pair of black shoes and a pair of Chuck Taylors.

I do not think stress is a legitimate topic of conversation, in public anyway. No one ever wants to hear how stressed anyone else is, because most of the time everyone is stressed out. Going...

film a chase scene for a movie.

(On differences between men and boys) Men know what they want. Men make concrete plans. Men own alarm clocks. Men sleep on a mattress that isn’t on the floor. Men tip generously. Men buy new...