I grew up in a religious family, and we weren't allowed to listen to rock music. — Mike White Family Copy Share Image
I guess I'm trying to write stuff that I, as a viewer, would connect to. — Mike White Stuff Copy Share Image
From my experience, meditating can bring up the most stressful thoughts. — Mike White Meditating Copy Share Image
I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them. — Mike White Believe Copy Share Image
I can be really annoying, but I also feel like I'm a nice person. — Mike White Annoying Copy Share Image
As you get older, you realize just figuring out how to be nice to the people in your personal sphere is almost… — Mike White Being nice Copy Share Image
I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire… — Mike White Acting Copy Share Image
I'm not really a director or producer for hire. There's lots of big gigs out there, but I'm not looking to do… — Mike White Bigs Copy Share Image
I started out writing when I was young; stuff about exposing the truth about how people are not what they appear, about… — Mike White Curtains Copy Share Image
The things that drive me crazy are coming from this place of people suffering because of people polluting into rivers or whatever.… — Mike White About Copy Share Image
I'm a weird guy. I'm practically albino. What about me isn't weird? — Mike White About Copy Share Image
I'm attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life. — Mike White Attracted Copy Share Image
It's fun when you create a world to inhabit it and see the other characters from grounds eye view. — Mike White Characters Copy Share Image
My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat. — Mike White Able Copy Share Image
You want to work with people who you like and have an easy rapport with. — Mike White Easy Copy Share Image
The purpose of making people feel uncomfortable is to play with their preconceptions. — Mike White Feel Copy Share Image
I used to go online all the time, and then I had to stop myself... because I'm a writer, and it's like:… — Mike White Because Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you write something on the page, it can seem very funny, but when you act it out - and this… — Mike White Happens Copy Share Image
My impulse is to create an aesthetic that's about a humanistic approach to a world and trying to create compassion for all… — Mike White Aesthetic Copy Share Image
Girls' is a huge show, as far as buzz, and magazine covers, and getting a ton of copy, and awards. And yet… — Mike White Awards Copy Share Image
I'm not looking to be the King of Comedy, or the King of Hollywood. I just want to be able to keep… — Mike White Able Copy Share Image
You feel a little weird, as a writer of scripted television for many years, to say you're a fan of reality TV.… — Mike White Fans Copy Share Image
People don't go to see things in the theater for the same reasons that I do. And movies are about mass audiences.… — Mike White Audience Copy Share Image
I feel like so much of my life is about a conversation I'm having with myself. I do interact with other people,… — Mike White Communication Copy Share Image
I remember I grew up in Pasadena in a very, kind of, homogeneous, kind of, suburban existence and then I went to… — Mike White College Copy Share Image
If I have a male protagonist, it's a studio movie, and if it's a female protagonist, it's an indie movie. That's just… — Mike White About Copy Share Image
For me, writing is a solitary thing and a personal thing. And it's weird, because when you make something that requires money… — Mike White Collaborators Copy Share Image
