Jill Soloway

“Watching 'Girls,' it was really angering for me at first, because I really had spent decades hiding unlikable, unattractive Jewish girls in likable, attractive, non-Jewish actors and characters.”

“The inbox is always open in my brain, and anyone can get in any time and access me. Turning it off is taking back control. I decide who gets in. It's about emotional privacy, having a self.”

“'Six Feet Under,' for me, was college. Alan Ball and Alan Poul ran that show and really taught me what it meant to really run a show in a classic way.”

“I was running the show on 'United States of Tara' and 'How To Make It In America' where I could say, 'Okay, I'm in charge of everything now.' But it still wasn't my show.”

“If you're female, and you want to express your femininity, you're actually demonized in the 'Free To Be... You And Me' generation.”

“I've been writing about misogyny for 20 years and trying to understand what femininity means for my entire career.”

“I always love the soapy conflicts between somebody's family of origin and their new family - 'Do I have Thanksgiving at my husband's parents' house, or at my parents' house?'”

“There's always been something about Jeffrey Tambor, not only as an actor but as a person, where his ability to embody a sort of very dignified feminine way of being just - this was just very clear to me.”

“The first time that I saw people actually make the thing that I wrote was my first episode of 'Six Feet Under.' It was called 'Back To The Garden.'”

“It's a struggle every day to get people to invest financially in portrayals of women that aren't satisfying to straight white men.”

“I'm embarrassed that people will know that I can't ride a bicycle. For years, I have been feigning bad ankles and saying I wasn't in the mood for a bike ride.”

“For clothes, I like this little store on Fountain, Matrushka Construction. Beth Ann Whittaker and Laura Howe make amazing things. You can get a designer skirt with cool embroidery for 40 bucks instead of $400 or $4,000.”

“I like to create a community where people want to come and have a good time and do their best work.”

“My sister and I created a show called 'The Real Life Brady Bunch,' which was sort of a theatrical sensation that got us attention in L.A. and New York.”

“It's hard enough to be a lady writer. Doubly hard to be a funny lady writer.”

“On some sets, if a helicopter goes by, what would normally happen is that somebody would go, 'There's a helicopter. Stop.' I'd never stop for a helicopter. I am always trying to make sure that the machine is in service to the actors.”

“Some of you guys are going to boo, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't like dogs.”

“The more horrible the truth that you admit, the better you connect. You have to tell the truth.”

“I think, because of the Internet, we're not looking at the very, very narrow channels for distribution that there used to be.”

“I am beyond excited to share 'Transparent' with the world through Amazon. They've been so supportive through this incredible process.”