I think that women are raised to believe that they're supposed to want certain things, and so you feel like you're supposed… — 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
Most of the women I saw on TV didn't seem like people I actually knew. They felt like ideas of what women… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them.… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
My favorite thing to do is rip the covers off a script when reading for writers to hire and make everybody read… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I don't care what color you are, what size you are, where you're from. It is disturbing that there's an idea that… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I don't know that I think women have to throw out the fairy tale ending. I just think they have to decide… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
There's always women of many different races on my shows, and there are always women who look many different ways, but there… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I keep getting asked how I write about such smart, strong women, and my response is, what's the alternative? Weak, stupid women?… — 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
