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I'm happiest in an empty church. I love the smell of a church.

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People pull away from something if it's not of good taste. People lean into something if it's okay.

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My mom would be leaving the house and she'd say, 'Don't you pull out all of the old dresses in the attic and put on a show again!' And the door would close, and that's exactly what I'd do. The show was calling me!

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The first-time director thing is just another label somebody puts on you.

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Only two things change when you get older: the energy in your voice and the time of night you feel it's appropriate to call someone. In your 20s, people call at 2 a.m. and yell, 'Are you up?' into the answering machine. Now, someone calls after 8 p.m., and my boyfriend is like, 'Who is that? Who could be calling at this hour?'

~Michael Patrick King

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The second episode of any new show can be tough. You have about a week to top the well-crafted and polished pilot episode that was written over six months.

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I try not to repeat a story. I try not to repeat an emotion. I want it to be all sort of new for the viewers and to challenge myself as a writer, so there's always pressure. What else can you come up with?

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I really enjoy women and I totally understand and applaud the diversity that they have in terms of their emotions and intellects and vulnerability and strengths.

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Every character when born is a stereotype.

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The thing you can't let go of is gravity. The reality of gravity in writing. If someone says something really mean in a sitcom, and the next wave isn't a reaction to the reality of that, you start losing relatability. In a lot of romantic comedies, they throw out the rules of life.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: September 14th, 1954

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