I had to learn a skill set. I think I had the materials to be a good comedy writer. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Writing a book is the most terrifying thing that I've ever done. It's so much harder than writing for television because it… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Truthfully, I guess I would like to be remembered as a great writer and a kind person. I wouldn't mind if an… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people compare female writers or female comedians to each other in a way that men are not.… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
My dream of course, as a writer and a person who's an entertainer, is: Grow up to be Mindy Kaling, don't grow… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Writing, at its heart, is a solitary pursuit, designed to make people depressoids, drug addicts, misanthropes, and antisocial weirdos. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“As you can see, when I write, I like to look like I’m recovering from tuberculosis.” — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I think a lot of writers, male and female, write as if their parents were killed in a car accident when they… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
In terms of my Indianness, I try not to rely on it nor deny it. When it comes up organically in my… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Every day, I wake up and I'm like, "Oh, I'm the star of my own show that has my name in it… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I write a little bit about what it's like to be a female boss in my book [ Is Everyone Hanging Out… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
It used to be that you had to make female TV characters perfect so no one would be offended by your 'portrayal'… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
The way that TV is set up is very helpful for when a show comes to an end because as an actor,… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
In my writers' room, which is mostly men, I get a lot of questions like "What would be the quickest way to… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Sometimes I eavesdrop on people. I could rationalize it - oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I'm writing - but… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I always wanted to write, even before I realized that there was a comedy writers' world, or what that life was like.… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
There is some pressure when you are a woman doing what I do that you must support all other women unconditionally, no… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“I have a comedy writer friend, Sandy, whose husband left her for another woman the moment his restaurant (which Sandy had invested… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I love women who are bosses and who don't constantly worry about what their employees think of them. I love women who… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I'm an actor and a writer and a showrunner and I edit my show. ... I have a job that three people… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Twitter is the most amazing medium for a comedy writer. I can't get in every idea I want on the show no… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I think references, where they fit organically, are great. It's great to do a show that's real and relatable, and so much… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“There was silence. No one looked at me. People pretended to be absorbed in their phones. One writer didn’t even have a… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I would always write down lists of my favorite things and keep them in my wallet, just… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I have a great job writing for 'The Office,' but, really, all television writers do is dream of one day writing movies.… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
What I'd really like to write is a romantic comedy. This is my favorite kind of movie. I feel almost embarrassed revealing… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I'm not good at anything except writing jokes. I wasn't good at sports, I wasn't good at anything artsy, ever. I think… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Sarah [Silverman] writes her own jokes. She doesn't just go through her life and talk about everything. She sits down and crafts… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
There is a lot of catarsis that passes itself off as art or comedy and I'm kind of critical of that. I… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I don't have very much time to surf the net, because it's as though my boss has a tracking device on me.… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I was just this chubby little Indian kid who looked like a nerd. I didn't have a ton of academic skills. It… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
When I've acted, and it's not been something I've written or have had at least a hand in writing, I do think… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I am a super-confident writer, and as a joke writer and as an actress, I'm like, 'I want to go head-to-head with… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I used to forget that I was an Indian woman. I would even forget that I was a woman. I don't think… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I think women in general like men that don't give them the thing that we want. We want a chase. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
When you're "East Coast" person, you are so insufferable, and you have no idea. And I was. One, because I was miserable, and nobody… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
..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… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
I must have been 10 or 11, but anything Dana Carvey ever did, I just really loved. He was on for a long time,… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
“As it is, I guess I find “Jack & Diane” a little disgusting. As a child of immigrant professionals, I can’t help but notice… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
“As it is, I guess I find "Jack and Diane" a little disgusting. As a child of immigrant professionals, I can't help but notice… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
True love is singing karaoke 'under pressure' and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
More than half the questions I am asked are about the politics of the way I look — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
“Even though Mavis was my secret friend, she is the only one I hope I see again. She’s the only one I wonder about.… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
“Be like Allan Pearl. Sit next to the class clown and study him. Then grow up, take everything you learned, and get paid to… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
“Don’t be closer to twice a friend’s weight than to her actual weight,” I told myself. This little mantra has helped me stave off… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share
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