When people show you who they are, believe them. I carry that with me a lot. It has served me well. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I don't know why people don't feel like being positive is much more powerful than being negative. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
People expect me to be, first and foremost, a storyteller. I lead by telling stories. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Sometimes people don't want to be empowered because they are afraid of being the person to make the decisions. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Most of the women I saw on TV didn't seem like people I actually knew. They felt like ideas of what women… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I have found that if I spend the first hour of my day at home, I get more done, and less people… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I don't understand why people don't understand that the world of TV should look like the world outside of TV. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
We have people say, 'There's not enough women writers.' I have a writers room that is almost nothing but women over at… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people dream. And while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
When you help make people healthier, it makes the nation healthier; it makes the world healthier. It makes the economy healthier. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I do say all I've ever written about is being alone. And most people take that as, 'Oh, that's so sad.' And… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Ive learned this is a very long marriage doing a television show. I like the people that I work with to be… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy.… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Most writing staffs have this crazy high turnover, and then everyone's really miserable, and I don't understand that. I don't know why… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that they are leaders just because they have been placed in charge of something - and you're… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
It's been a long time since Roe v. Wade, and I do think most people are able to have respect for other… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
My favorite thing to do is rip the covers off a script when reading for writers to hire and make everybody read… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
A woman who doesn't want to have kids is sort of a mystery to people. That's a question they're asked the minute… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Finally I want to say this: if you are a kid and you are out there and you are chubby and not… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
What I found fascinating for me was, I've never gotten so much approval and accolades and warmth and congratulations as when I… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Everyone always says to me, 'Why aren't there more people of color on television?' I'm like, 'Why don't you ask a bunch… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I keep getting asked how I write about such smart, strong women, and my response is, what's the alternative? Weak, stupid women?… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
There is a part of me that's oblivious. People always ask me, 'What obstacles have you faced?' and I always think, 'What… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody.… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I don't think that my job requires me to be competitive at all. I'm in my office by myself, or I'm in… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I actually really love Twitter - I used to feel angry and insulted when people criticised me or the shows, but now… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Most people, I think, have accepted that it's not up to them to control other people's choices, except, it seems, when it… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I like people with their own opinions, and I like people who argue with me. It's very exhausting to be in a… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
You have to have more people who don't look like you in the writers room. I try to have some people who… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people, since I was 5, I could tell you I was going to have kids. I could tell… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
My philosophy was always try to look like Whitney Houston at all times. That did not work out so well. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
“Being numb no longer suits me. It’s ill-fitting and I’m antsy about it. I find myself snapping back at people more. Or writing little… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
You don't necessarily have to watch something for 14 seasons. It's not necessarily the way everything's supposed to be. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
We all think we’re going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectations aren’t met. But sometimes our expectations… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
My worst trait is that I'm an introvert. When I've led stuff, the hardest thing for me to overcome has been my natural desire… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
There are stories to be told that are still untold and characters to be portrayed that haven't been portrayed correctly. So there's work to… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
I say it in the writers' room all the time: My black is not your black. What's terrifying is that, just the same way… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
I don't think of myself as a television producer. Obviously, that's crazy. Because I should. That's what I do. But I don't actually see… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
My father used to say to me, 'The only limit to your success is your own imagination.' I actually believed that - like, I'm… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
We spend our whole lives worrying about the future, planning for the future, trying to predict the future, as if figuring it out will… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
What I found fascinating for me was, I've never gotten so much approval and accolades and warmth and congratulations as when I had a… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
“Look. I will not be told what size to be. I do not care about anyone else’s judgment about my body. I am not… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
My parents created a world in which the only barrier to your success is your own imagination. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
There have to be practical steps. There's no point in holding out for a magic door because there are no magic doors. You can… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
