Nell Scovell

“I realize that 'hire qualified women!' is the sort of outraged demand that's often met with a sigh. No one disagrees, and yet gender inequality in high-paying positions extends into all professions.”

“Hated 'The Imitation Game.' Totally inaccurate. A gay man with a messy room? Don't buy it.”

“I think I'm funnier in my writing than in person.”

“Like leggings, comedies created by women came into vogue in the late 1980s, exploded in the early '90s, went mainstream in the mid-'90s, and were shoved into the back of the closet around 1997.”

“Moms Mabley blazed a path for female stand-ups in a housecoat and floppy hat. Phyllis Diller worked equally hard to make herself unattractive to men and non-threatening to women.”

“Misogyny - and racism - are 'hidden in plain sight,' and the burden of eliminating them should fall on the institutions, not the victims.”

“Male writers don't want to be judged in the room. They want to be able to scarf an entire bag of potato chips while cracking fart jokes and making lewd comments without fear of feminine disapproval. But we're your co-workers, not your wives.”

“Give me a rock, and I will roll it.”

“Constant exercise can keep the body trim and taut, but the face is another thing.”

“The creative process is often wrapped up in bottomless anxiety, and when the world applauds the product of that process, it soothes the anxiety. Briefly. Then the anxiety returns and even intensifies.”

“For me, TV had always been a medium for entertainment.”

“There have been many great newspapermen, but to my mind, only two have achieved immortality: Pulitzer for his endowment and William Randolph Hearst for his castle.”

“I turned 40, and things started to go south.”

“I'm on the board of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, which is run by Dr. Stacy Smith - she conceived of the inclusion rider. What I love about the inclusion rider is it uses the fact that Hollywood is based on hierarchies, and it knows that these key players have persuasive power.”

“When blue-eyed Donald Trump married hazel-eyed Ivana Zelnickova, he probably figured his broad-shouldered DNA would dominate her girly alleles. But genetics played a cruel trick on Trump: Of the couple's three children, only the youngest, Eric, wound up with his father's fishy blue eyes.”

“I have a husband who didn't just resign himself to staying home but was happy to be the primary parent.”

“I've been speaking out about harassment and gender disparity for years.”

“Sensitivity training is a fine idea but isn't taken seriously by those who need it most.”

“Albert Brooks. Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Larry David. The best comedic actors play broad and real simultaneously, coming across as both larger than life and all too human.”

“I fantasize about the networks making a rule that each show's writing staff needs to reflect the gender and racial makeup of its audience.”