Television Quotes by Mindy Kaling

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

I’ve worked in television for 10 years straight. If I were a man, it wouldn’t be considered strange [to have confidence] at…

— Mindy Kaling

On 'The Office,' so much of the show is about disguising your true feelings and your romantic feelings because it was a…

— Mindy Kaling

I feel like the high-concept shows that have some kind of gimmick tend not to be the hit classic shows of all…

— Mindy Kaling

“The expectation that TV women need to be more likeable than men is bullshit and in need of a change.”

— Mindy Kaling

The way that TV is set up is very helpful for when a show comes to an end because as an actor,…

— Mindy Kaling

It used to be that you had to make female TV characters perfect so no one would be offended by your 'portrayal'…

— Mindy Kaling

I want it to feel very satisfying, the ending, so you've felt like you were going on a journey and we were…

— Mindy Kaling

It's really sweet when people tweet at me and say I'm their spirit animal or 'I wish she was my best friend,'…

— Mindy Kaling

As a kid, I always loved serialized books. It's the reason why people love 'Harry Potter.' Serialization is amazing. It works in…

— Mindy Kaling

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

We have this saying, and it's been very useful when a series, 'The Mindy Project' goes for longer than a hundred episodes,…

— Mindy Kaling

I love 'The Office.' I'm in the premiere, and I'm maybe gonna shoot another episode this season, but I've been there since…

— Mindy Kaling

What Mindy has in common with a lot of women in their mid-30s is that she's obsessed with marriage. It's the entire…

— Mindy Kaling

When you only do 10 episodes for a final season, every character and all of her interactions in every storyline have so…

— Mindy Kaling

I love that 'Much Ado About Nothing,' passionate, smart fighting. I love fighting with guys, and that's something that I don't get…

— Mindy Kaling

I have a great job writing for 'The Office,' but, really, all television writers do is dream of one day writing movies.…

— Mindy Kaling