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“I work for ABC. If the thing that ABC is paying me for is storytelling - not to make sure that a costume is exactly right or all those other things - then it is up to me to find the most creative space possible so that that function of my job can happen.”

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My philosophy was always try to look like Whitney Houston at all times. That did not work out so well.

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“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 Bailey-esque rants into my emails when someone’s upset me. I don’t want to be numb. I want to tell someone who has upset me to take their attitude and shove it right up their— Well, let’s…

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You don't necessarily have to watch something for 14 seasons. It's not necessarily the way everything's supposed to be.

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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 sell us short. Sometimes the expected simply pales in comparison to the unexpected. You got to wonder why we cling to our expectations, because the expected is just what keeps us steady. Standing. Still. The expected's…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

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A creative space is an important thing. There are so many studios that feel like doctor's offices in Nashville. I couldn't write there.

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I used to hate the fact that I did so much study cause I felt it was useless. I'm into this creative space, I…

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I've always felt like there was less creative space on sets with guardians. I just felt independent at a young age.

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I don't want to sound like anyone else, I wanted to be in my own creative space and find this river of melody myself.

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I've always wanted to keep my own personal creative space, and do everything myself.

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“The fatal misconception behind brainstorming is that there is a particular script we should all follow in group interactions… [W]hen the composition of the group is right—enough people with different perspectives running into one another in unpredictable ways—the group dynamic will take care of itself. All these errant discussions add up. In fact, they may even be the most essential…

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“That may be true, but it’s not the point. Designers learn to have lots of wild ideas because they know that the number one enemy of creativity is judgment. Our brains are so tightly wired to be critical, find problems, and leap to judgment that it’s a wonder any ideas ever make it out! We have to defer judgment and…

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Respect your own creativity and respect the creativity and creative space of other people.

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A lot of the songs that I wrote during 'Pt. 1' and 'Pt. 2' are the first songs that I ever wrote that sounded…

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The fashion business got boring. I was working with big companies, but the minute it became too formulaic, I got bored with it. I…

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“Seeking to create a high-productivity space for commercial innovation, Probst conceived the “Action Office,” whose surfaces, both horizontal and vertical, allowed for clear thought, freedom of movement, ample storage, and the ability to lay out plans and drawings (there were no personal computers back then), all in a semi-open, semi-private configuration. Sadly, as is the fate of many creative architects,…

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“Learned and sociological accepted lines, boundaries, internal perimeters, and partitions diminish the creative space within our minds that's poised and ready.”

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