I had to learn a skill set. I think I had the materials to be a good comedy writer. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Is this a generation of orphans who are going to the improv to do stand-up? — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“Luckily, I was not born a white man.* *This has never before been said in the history of humanity.” — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Fast food is hugely important in the life of a comedy writer. All we do is order in, and what we're going… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
My dad is funny in his own way, and so is my brother, but in terms of legitimately making a lot of… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Live performance really terrifies me. I haven't done it, really, in years. I think that's why I retired from my brief career… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
People don't want to listen to a celebrity tweeting about their charities and shows. That's why comedy writers do well - we… — 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
People who are good at stand-up, they sort of seem to have to do it. Something within them makes them have to… — 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 had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me… — 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
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 went to Dartmouth College so simply by being an Indian-American woman, I was already so statistically interesting. And then the fact… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I never want to be called the funniest Indian female comedian that exists. I feel like I can go head-to-head with the… — 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
Why didn’t you talk about whether women are funny or not? I just felt that by commenting on that in any real… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
In junior high, there were a lot of really ugly guys who were popular because they made people laugh. I was like,… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
There wasn't a big tradition of comedy at Dartmouth. More than that, there wasn't really anything artsy going on in Hanover, or… — 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
Right now, I'm hankering for new adventures... Ninety percent of the time I'm having romantic-comedy fantasies in which I'm wearing little pencil… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Catharsis isn't art. You can't rely on catharsis to get a laugh. Because guess what? People do laugh when something's shocking, but… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I was always a silent comedy nerd. I would stay up late and sneak downstairs to watch 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Kids… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“depression is something that I’ve come to accept from my creative community and I realize that’s probably alien to most people. I… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
The funniest racism is the racism between minorities. It's something you don't see dramatized, but almost every minority I know who's my… — 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 Image
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 Image
..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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
True love is singing karaoke 'under pressure' and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part. — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
More than half the questions I am asked are about the politics of the way I look — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“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 Image
