A biography for Nell Scovellhasn’t been written yet.
“By June 1990, I'd racked up 'written by' credits on both 'Newhart' and 'The Simpsons.'”
“I loved working on 'Murphy Brown,' and I loved working on 'Monk.'”
“The vocabulary of my cynical world doesn't allow me to explain the success of 'Lean In.'”
“In March 2010, I attended an art opening for Kimberly Brooks's show 'The Stylist Project' in Los Angeles. It was a starry celebration hosted by Dior and 'Vanity Fair' to benefit P.S. Arts. But even as fun-to-gape-at actresses like Christina Hendricks arrived, I couldn't take my eyes off the oil portraits.”
“My criticisms of late-night TV blew up some old friendships and sparked some new ones.”
“An ocean of ink - real and virtual - has been spilled critiquing the appearance of female politicians.”
“I'd like to see David Letterman adopt the inclusion rider on his Netflix show.”
“Given the long history of global anti-Semitism and continued calls for the destruction of Israel, it's tough to be a Jew.”
“When you start a memoir, you think, 'I'm going to blast all the people who were mean to me.' And then you start writing, and you go, actually, it's so much more fun to say nice things about people who were kind and generous to you.”
“I've worked on over twenty TV staffs, and nine out of ten male colleagues are wonderful, inclusive, and professional. Still, there's usually one guy - the Tenth Man - who turns a fun job into a dental appointment.”
“In TV, you look to make characters consistent, but in real life, we're not consistent. Sometimes we're brave, and sometimes we're not. Sometimes we're very aggressive, and sometimes we back right down.”
“If women who don't help women get a special circle in hell, I think women who do help women should get a special cloud in heaven.”
“I think, in all fields, there's this motherhood pay penalty where, the second you become a mother - and this is true whether you give birth or adopt - you're perceived to not be as committed to your job. Whereas men are perceived as breadwinners who now need more money and promotions because they're fathers.”
“If necessity is the mother of invention, urgency is the uncle of change. Without it, progress slows and then stops and then reverses.”
“Even when powerful men stumble, they inspire fear.”
“Sometimes, not knowing what you're doing allows you to do things you never knew you could do.”
“Hollywood is hard on everyone, but it really is harder on women and people of color.”
“In her darkest hours, Diana, Princess of Wales, could have used a friend like Empress Elisabeth of Austria. The two lived similar lives, a century apart.”
“Arts are a luxury, proof that a civilization has risen above 'politics and war.'”
“I was the second female writer ever hired at 'Late Night.' When I applied for the job in 1988, I had no way of knowing how much the odds were stacked against me.”