You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Disney has made $2 billion on 'Grey's Anatomy.' I don't have $2 billion. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
'Grey's' has this universal, global thing to it. It works all over the world. — 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
That first year I was doing 'Grey's,' I didn't know it was possible to fire the creator of a show off their… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I never, ever pay attention to the ratings. I stopped paying attention to the ratings somewhere around season two or three of… — 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
My philosophy was always try to look like Whitney Houston at all times. That did not work out so well. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
