I say it in the writers' room all the time: My black is not your black. What's terrifying is that, just the… — 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… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I don't know if anyone has noticed but I only ever write about one thing: being alone. The fear of being alone,… — 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
You have to have more people who don't look like you in the writers room. I try to have some people who… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I don't think there was a time I ever thought of myself as anything but a writer. I thought I was going… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I want my daughters to see me and know me as a woman who works. I want that example set for 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 think that my job requires me to be competitive at all. I'm in my office by myself, or I'm in… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I've been a writer since I was a kid. I've been a writer since I was, you know, dictating stories into a… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I think my goal is to find a way to spend all of my time writing. I mean, sort of; true success… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Most writing staffs have this crazy high turnover, and then everyone's really miserable, and I don't understand that. I don't know why… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job?… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Writing for television is completely different from movie scriptwriting. A movie is all about the director's vision, but television is a writer's… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I have so much going on inside my head in terms of writing, there's such a large space in my life taken… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
People expect me to be, first and foremost, a storyteller. I lead by telling stories. — 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
