Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I'd been waiting to turn thirty my whole life. For some reason, when I was eleven, I was like, 'I know thirty's…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I feel liberated being around women who are liberated.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I'm constantly on the brink of tears in conversation about things that happen to people.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

The characters I didn't have actors in mind for, that was the scary moment. Because in any production, until you find the…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I don't think the challenge is asking an audience to like a character; it's inviting them to try and understand them... then…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I'd like to think Fleabag's honesty makes her heroic in spite of her actions.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I don't think you can be a good actor and want to please, because so much about performing and acting is surprising…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

To me, most comedy is dark comedy.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Whenever I get stuck on something, I'm like, 'What would I do if I wasn't afraid? What would I write if I…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

The element of surprise is the most important thing and what keeps me interested in writing. I can feel it if I've…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

'Transparent' was huge for me when I first saw it. I felt that, from an authorial point of view, no one was…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I think if you've got people on your side, if you've got people really laughing, you are able to make them cry.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

If you hear somebody say something absolutely horrendous about their own life, in quite a flippant, offbeat kind of way, when you…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

It will always be relevant and always be inspiring to see somebody turning themselves into a warrior.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I can't deny 'Fleabag''s a very personal piece, but it's not autobiographical.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I think it's part of human nature, that we want to achieve. It's definitely a kind of cosmopolitan nature, wanting to achieve…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I wanted to give people that feeling of wanting to hug the TV and just admit that you're unhappy.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

When an audience is laughing with a character, they make themselves so vulnerable, and they open up. They expose their heart the…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Nothing brings me more joy than when people love what I do.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I think a lot of time, I'm just writing my worst fears.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I've been so obsessed with 'Game of Thrones,' and there's so much about nobility and duty that I think about a lot.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I see the portrayal of any believable female character as feminist.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I'm a massive control freak.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

As women, we get the message about how to be a good girl - how to be a good, pretty girl -…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Throughout a lot of my 20s, my sexual allure and power was one of the most important things about me, my currency.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge