Writer Quotes by Shonda Rhimes

10 Writer quotes by Shonda Rhimes

Rhimes’ TV‑savvy swagger shows up in these ten punchy lines about the writer’s role in shaping characters and plot. She talks about risk, pacing, and the relentless drive that keeps a series moving forward.

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People expect me to be, first and foremost, a storyteller. I lead by telling stories.

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I don't think there was a time I ever thought of myself as anything but a writer. I thought I was going…

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I think my goal is to find a way to spend all of my time writing. I mean, sort of; true success…

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I have all these friends who just love therapy, and I always say the reason that I'm absolutely not in therapy is…

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Writing for television is completely different from movie scriptwriting. A movie is all about the director's vision, but television is a writer's…

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I have so much going on inside my head in terms of writing, there's such a large space in my life taken…

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You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job?…

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I do say all I've ever written about is being alone. And most people take that as, 'Oh, that's so sad.' And…

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I've been a writer since I was a kid. I've been a writer since I was, you know, dictating stories into a…

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My parents are professors; they're intellectual. I spent a lot of time reading books. To me, everyone always looks like they do…

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I don't identify with her, but I highly admire Eleanor Roosevelt.

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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…

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